1. Dispelling Misconceptions: What is "False Meditation"? 1. 揭開誤解：什麼是「假打坐」？
Common misunderstanding: Most people think meditation means sitting cross-legged, closing the eyes, and trying to stop all thoughts. Chongyang Patriarch said: "Those who sit in meditation are not merely those whose bodies are upright and eyes closed… this is false meditation."
Form is not the essence: The problem isn’t the posture itself, but treating posture as the core of practice—that is the trap.
Story of Master Xuyun: The modern Chan master Xuyun, when young, once entered a deep meditative state for 18 days. Upon emerging, he found taro roots had grown mold and snow reached his knees. Later he realized it was only "dead-tree Zen"—perfect in form but not true awakening.
Fighting the mind: Ordinary people often "fight" with physical discomfort and racing thoughts during meditation, which only increases frustration.
常見誤區：一般人認為打坐就是盤腿坐著、閉眼追求一念不生。重陽祖師指出：「凡打坐者，非形體端然，瞑目合眼… 此假打坐也。」
形式非核心：並非姿勢錯誤，而是如果你把「姿勢」當成核心，就掉進了陷阱。
虛雲老和尚的故事：引用近代高僧虛雲老和尚年輕時入定18天，出定後發現芋頭長毛、冰雪過膝，但他後來認為那時只是「枯木禪」，雖在形式上做到極致，但未真正開悟。
對抗心魔：普通人打坐往往是在與身體的酸麻和紛飛的念頭「打架」，反而更煩躁。
2. The Core Secret: What is "True Meditation"? 2. 核心天機：什麼是「真打坐」？
Definition: Chongyang Patriarch said: "In walking, standing, sitting, and lying down, in all activities, if the mind is like Mount Tai—unshaken and unmoving—this is called true meditation."
Daily life is the practice ground: Real cultivation does not require retreating to the mountains. It happens in the 24-hour flow of daily life—whether being scolded or handling trivial tasks, the mind remains stable.
Practical method: Guarding the Five Gates (eyes, ears, nose, tongue, mouth): It’s not about becoming a statue, but making the mind the master of the senses.
- Eyes: See beauty or ugliness without craving or rejection. The eyes are just cameras; the emotional switch is in the mind.
- Ears: Hearing praise brings no wild joy; hearing slander brings no anger. Sounds are just vibrations in the air.
- Mouth: Avoid idle talk and harmful speech.
This is called "energy recovery"—reclaiming the energy that would leak through the senses, transforming the mind from slave to sovereign.
Story of Jia Titiao: The Republican-era master Jia Titiao was instructed by his teacher to practice "standing meditation" on Chengdu’s busiest Chunxi Road, training to remain undisturbed amid crowds, traffic, sights, and sounds.
定義：重陽祖師云：「行住坐臥，一切動中，心似泰山，不搖不動… 此名真打坐也。」
生活即道場：真正的修行不在深山，而在一天24小時的動態生活中。無論是被罵、處理瑣事，心都要安定。
具體方法：把斷五門（眼、耳、鼻、舌、口）：不是變成木頭人，而是讓心成為感官的主人。
- 眼：看到美醜，不生貪婪或排斥。眼睛只是攝像頭，情緒開關在心。
- 耳：聽到誇獎不狂喜，聽到詆毀不憤怒。聲音只是空氣震動。
- 口：不說廢話、不造口業。
這叫「能量回收」，將原本通過感官外洩的能量收回，讓心從奴隸變回帝王。
賈題韜的故事：民國高人賈題韜被師父要求去成都最熱鬧的「春熙路」打坐（站著），練習在車水馬龍中不被任何景象聲音帶走，心如止水。
3. Advanced Mind Method: How to Subdue the Mind? 3. 高階心法：如何「降心」？
Two extremes:
- Dead stillness (forced concentration): Trying to eliminate all thoughts creates "stubborn emptiness"—stagnant and undesirable. The brain naturally produces thoughts, just as the stomach digests food.
- Chaotic mind: Letting thoughts run unchecked drains life energy.
Correct method: Pure, observing mind: Do not suppress or destroy thoughts—simply watch them.
White Bear Effect: The harder you try to eliminate a thought, the stronger it becomes.
Cloud analogy: Thoughts are like clouds; you are the sky. Clouds come and go without affecting the sky’s nature.
When anger arises, don’t engage—just observe it like a scientist watching a chemical reaction (heart racing, breathing heavy). Without feeding it energy, it naturally fades.
兩個極端：
- 死寂（定心）：追求什麼念頭都沒有，這叫「頑空」，是死水，不可取。大腦的功能就是產生念頭，如同胃消化食物。
- 亂心：隨念頭流轉，耗盡生命能量。
正確方法：長清靜心（觀察者模式）：不壓制、不消滅、而是駕馭。
白熊效應：越想消除念頭，念頭越強。
觀雲喻：念頭如雲，你如天空。雲來雲去，不影響天空的本質。
當憤怒升起，不要介入，而是像科學家觀察化學反應一樣看著它（心跳加速、呼吸變粗），不給予能量，它自然會熄滅。
4. Wisdom of Balance: How to Refine Your Nature? 4. 平衡智慧：如何「煉性」？
Analogy: The mind is like tuning a string—"too tight it snaps, too loose it doesn’t sound." Or like forging a sword—too much steel makes it brittle, too much tin makes it soft.
Middle Way wisdom: Human suffering comes from swinging between extremes (over-striving vs. total laziness).
Practice: Find the perfect balance between tight and loose, firm and gentle. Work diligently but rest when needed; be sincere with others but maintain healthy boundaries.
比喻：理性如調琴弦，「緊則有斷，慢則不應」；又如鑄劍，鋼多則折，錫多則捲。
中道智慧：人生痛苦源於在極端間搖擺（過度努力vs徹底躺平）。
實踐：在緊與鬆、剛與柔之間找到完美的平衡點。工作努力但也懂休息，待人真誠但也保持界限。
5. Ultimate Realm and Conclusion 5. 終極境界與結語
Transcending the Desire Realm: Mind forgets cravings. Free from attachment to material desires—you can enjoy but not depend on them.
Transcending the Form Realm: Mind forgets external conditions. Unaffected by favorable or adverse environments, living in inner peace.
Transcending the Formless Realm: Mind does not cling to emptiness. Understands "true emptiness gives rise to wonderful existence," and can create value in the midst of the world.
Sage in the flesh: Chongyang Patriarch promised that one who achieves this, though living in the world, has already entered the immortal realm in spirit.
Chongyang Patriarch’s poem: Describes the awakened state:
"Having understood, learn to appear foolish (great wisdom seems foolish).
In non-action, nothing is left undone (following the way of Heaven).
Worldly affairs before the eyes are just like this;
Thunder in the ears passes unnoticed (mind unmoved)."
Who am I?: The poem ends with "I ask the blue sky: who am I?"—the ultimate philosophical question. When you transcend the small self of name and identity, you touch the greater self that shares the same root as heaven and earth.
Final summary: Cultivation requires no money and no abandonment of daily life. Simply, in every breath and every step, become the master of your own mind.
超欲界：心忘念慮。超越物質慾望捆綁，能享受但不依賴。
超色界：心忘諸境。超越外在環境順逆，活在內在寧靜中。
超無色界：心不著空。超越對「空」的執著，明白「真空生妙有」，能在紅塵中創造價值。
肉身聖賢：重陽祖師承諾，若能做到，雖身處世俗，生命層次已入仙宮。
重陽祖師詩作：描繪開悟狀態。
「氣了惺惺學得痴（大智若愚），
到無為處無不為（順應天道），
眼前世事只如此，
耳畔風雷過不知（心不動搖）。」
我是誰：詩末「借問青天我是誰」，這是終極哲學叩問。當超越了姓名、身份的小我，便觸及與天地同根的大我。
總結：修行不需要花錢或拋棄生活，只需在每一次呼吸、行走中，做自己內心的主人。
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