Part 2: Walking The Path 第2篇：行道

　　2-3. Stages of Practice 修学阶段

　　2-3-4. WORKING WITH THE MIND第二阶段：对治自心修习阶段 (或看念头(心)修习阶段)

　　2-3-4-2. The stage of destroying clinging : the second Jhana 断烦恼执着的阶位：二禅

　　(KNOWING DEFILEMENT, CRAVING. CLINGING AND KAMMA了悟烦恼、贪爱、执着与业)

　　At this point, when I knew this, a shift in my mind occured 2 times, I was doing walking-meditation at the time ; it was in the early evening ; I had taken a bath already and was ready to go chanting. Suppose my body weighted 100 kilos ; at that time 60 kilos dropped off me. Let me speak plainly and say that I've destroyed greed, hatred and delusion. I'll give you another comparison : it's just like a leech that sticks on you ; no matter how we try to pull it off, it won't come off. But now, instead of taking hold of the leech, we just mix some tabacco and lime together and having dipped it in water, we squeeze it onto the leech. The leech will come off easily because it can't stand this mixture. Or it's like boiling water and rubbing it on skin : it becomes white and the germs die. For this reason, I dare to guarantee the teachings of the Buddha.

　　当我了悟这点(名-色, 即无贪瞋痴，唯受想行识)时，我心中(第二次)发生了两层的转变(他练习自己方法的第三天傍晚)。第一层转变发生时是傍晚，我洗过了澡，准备去做晚课前，那时我正在经行。坦白跟你们说：我破除了“贪瞋痴烦恼”的疑惑！！打个比方，假设我的身体是一百公斤重，当时我感觉像是甩掉了六十公斤。再举另外两个比喻来说：那就像一只水蛭吸着在你身上，不管我们怎么用力去把它拔掉，就是拔它不掉。但现在我们不去拔它，只去拿香烟和石灰混一混，沾一下水，再把水挤压在水蛭身上，水蛭(喻贪瞋痴)就会轻易地脱落，因为它受不了这个混合液(喻觉性)。那又像滚烫的水(喻觉性)擦在皮肤上，皮肤立刻变白而细菌(喻贪瞋痴)也会被烫死。因为这样，所以我敢保证佛陀的教导。

　　Then, as I was walking up and down, a thought came up, just like scooping water on the field : the water gushes out fast and swiftly goes down ; it feels like it goes down in a flash. Now, I had awareness on another level, it seemed like it was perfect and I understood what clinging is. I really knew it, defilement, craving, clinging and intentional action, I really knew it, at that moment.

　　接下来，就在我来回经行时，突然一个念头生起，但我感觉：念头瞬间就脱落，就像舀水泼在地上，水迅速散出并立即落地。此时，我的觉知达到另一层次，几已圆满完美，并且了悟什么是“执着”，我如实真知“烦恼、贪爱、执着和意志造作”，我那时确实真实了悟。

　　There was a shift in my mind a second time ; on understanding those things, they became insipid, tasteless. Just like dipping cotton-wool in water and sqeezing the water out. I truly realized this, I'm speaking honestly, I really know this, this is the result I got !

　　接着我心中又有了第二层转变，在了悟这些之后，它们变得平淡无味了，就像将绵毛浸水之后，再把水挤了出来似的。我真的了悟了这个境界，我是很诚实地跟你们说，我真实地了悟这个境界，这是我得到的果证！

　　As for the cause : don't be lazy, really determine to practice and develop awareness continuously ; then, what I've been saying will happen by itself. If it's not like that, then it's not right.

　　因此，不要懈怠，要真正下决心去修习并持续地培养觉性；然后，我上面说的这些就自然会发生。如果不是像我讲的这样，那你修的就不对了。

　　(BEING A NOBLE ONE 超凡入圣)

　　When I knew this, I understood the defilements due to Vipassana. At the time that I was under the influence of those defilements, I knew this and that until I had a headache, but I didn't know that it was defilement due to Vipassana. I saw numbers and knew a countless number of things because I didn't see thought, didn't see the mind, didn't see my life. But when I saw thought, saw the mind and saw life, I knew that knowing all those things until my head ached, was knowledge coming from defilements due to Vipassana. Knowing this, I understood the value of being a Noble one. A Noble one is an excellent one. A stream-enterer, a once-returner, I really know, I knew at that instant. This is called the first and second Jhana. According to the scriptures the first Jhana destroys deluded views ; that is, it destroys greed, destroys hatred and destroys delusion. The second Jhana destroys clinging ; that is, it destroys defilements, craving, clinging and Kamma. At first I didn't know ; when I realized Rupa-Nama, I thought that I'd got the first Jhana, but in fact it wasn't so. One can't deny it altogether because Rupa-Nama is right but it's only the outer bark.

　　当我了悟这个时，又了悟了“观障(由毘婆奢那引起的染污)”，但当我受到那些染污影响，不断地体悟到这个、那个……，乃至连头都痛了的时候，我并不知道那是观障(由毘婆奢那引起的染污)。由于我没有看见念头、没有看见心，没有看见自己的生命，所以我看到(乐透)号码以及了知很多的事物，但当我看见念头、看见心且看见生命，我体会到：我之前所体悟的这个那个乃至到头都痛了的这一切体悟，是来自观障(由毘婆奢那引起的染污)的智慧。了悟这点之后，我体会到超凡入圣的重要。所谓圣者就是超凡卓越之人：也就是入流与一来果的圣者，我当下真实了悟：这就是所谓的初禅和二禅。依经典所说，初禅是破除见惑，也就是说，破除了对贪瞋痴的疑惑。二禅破除执着，也就是破除烦恼、贪爱、执着与业(即薄贪瞋痴)。我最初并不知道这些，因此当我了悟色-名时，我那时以为：我已得到初禅！但事实上那还不是。然而，我们也不能完全否定它，因为了悟色-名也是正确的，只不过那仅是树的外皮罢了。

　　(ANALYTICAL KNOWLEDGE IS A NEGATIVE RESULT解慧非正果)

　　At this point, I was caught in analytical knowledge but I didn't know what analytical knowledge was and I didn't know what abnormal views were either - I only knew the defilements due to Vipassana. When I was caught in analytical knowledge, joy arose in me : wow, I was happy, at ease and felt light all over - this is where I got stuck. While doing walking-meditation, I felt as if I was floating ; wherever I went, I was as light as a feather, feeling relaxed and at ease. I could clearly see moods ; whatever somebody might say, I would not get angry ; there was no anger, there was no greed, there was no delusion. Awareness was so quick : snap ! it could keep up with thought. Just like a cat and a mouse. You listeners have to do it this way in order to get out of the power of thought ; when a thought comes : snap, it is seen.

　　此时(了悟观障后)，我又缠缚在解慧之中，但我不知道什么是解慧，也不知道什么是偏邪异见，我只了悟观障(由毘婆奢那引起的染污)。当我陷入解慧当中时，内在生起了喜悦：哇！我很高兴！感到轻安自在且全身轻飘飘的—这就是我被困住的地方。经行时，我感觉好像飘了起来；不管去哪里，感觉轻得像根羽毛，感觉轻松自在。我可以清楚地看清情绪，不管人家说什么，我都不会生气，没有瞋、没有贪、没有痴。觉性简直快到不行：啪的一声！它就追上念头了，就像猫捉老鼠那样。诸位听众！你们必须要这样练习，才能摆脱念头的势力；要当念头生起来时，啪的一声！就看见它！

　　When it was like this, in the evening, I did walking-meditation and when it was time, I went to sleep. In the morning, I experienced another 2 shifts in my mind. What I'm saying is really true ! The cause of it is developing awareness, having awareness, not talking and chatting ; I didn't chitchat with this and that person ; I did my duty. When I was practicing, there were 23 monks and 5 laypeople, they all knew something different, but what I knew was not like their knowledge. I don't know what they were talking about but nobody talked like I did. Some monks ordained for 30 years but didn't get anything, they were only interested in repairing their huts which wasn't necessary at all ; it's better to really determine to practice. Those who were busy repairing this and fixing up that, didn't develop awareness regularly, so they didn't see their own thoughts, they were lacking in awareness.

　　当我练到这样，(第三天)当晚，我练经行，时间到了就去睡觉。隔天(他练习自己方法的第四天)早上，我心中又(第三次)经历了两层转变，我说的是真的！这些转变的原因是由于培养觉性，是由于有觉性，而不是由于说话和聊天；我没有跟这个人或那个人东拉西扯，我做我的本分事。我在那里练习时，一共有23位和尚和5个在家众，他们各有不同的体悟，但我所体悟的和他们的不同。我不知道他们在说什么，但没有人的说法跟我一样。有些和尚出家三十年但却一无所获，他们只对修补茅蓬这种完全没必要的事有兴趣，实在不如真实下定决心好好练习呀。这些忙着修东补西的人，没有持续不断地培养觉性，所以他们没有看见自己的念头，他们没有觉性。