什么叫觉照？

An Eternal Now SG

http://chan.bailinsi.net/1996/96-5/a07.htm

问：“什么叫觉照？”

答：知暖知冷而心非冷暖；知动知静而心无动静，知有念起而知心不起不随，此知不入过去，不想未来，不落目前，也不昏沉，亦不无记。如是之知恒在当下，无所依赖与对待，心中荡然无住，安乐无比，即是觉照现前之时。

An Eternal Now SG

问：“请具体讲讲觉照的机是怎样练出来的？”

答：明悟之人时时直觉而了知万法皆自心所显，因心中不滞情见，所以于自心所显的一切境界上，均一一如实而知，既不执又不昧，心无去来，境非生灭，灵然一照，当下现成，此中并没有次第过程而言，但有力量大小与习性种子等差异，故初练机者，应正于知时，就有应境而显的微妙动机－－动而不动的真机顿然而现，明朗透澈，灵妙无比，应用无差，恰到好处。如此在时进处处，吃饭穿衣，一切运作之中，都如是即机练机，不使有落处，即使偶然失手，知而顿空，不留痕迹，使机用自然、直捷、平常，毫无粘滞牵强。这样久久练习，念念无住，待到力量充足，必然于法界中灵机起于大用。

rokkie SG

知暖知冷而心非冷暖；知动知静而心无动静

sounds like hearing but no hearer,

sounds like the position of standing behind the scene,watch the thing up and down, which is right path ,middle thinking

An Eternal Now SG

知暖知冷而心非冷暖；知动知静而心无动静

sounds like hearing but no hearer,

sounds like the position of standing behind the scene,watch the thing up and down, which is right path ,middle thinking

Initially while practicing mindfulness, awareness appears to be a sense of standing back and watching, that awareness is a watcher in an esoteric space untouched by 'external' arising and ceasing, later it appears that that all things appear IN awareness, and finally it is realised that the "thing arising and passing" itself IS Awareness. Then all duality collapses.

More discussed in this topic: Reflection and Presence: The Dialectic of Awakening

An Eternal Now SG

....A series of contemplations leads us gently but directly to see that our essential nature is neither a body nor a mind. It is the conscious Presence that is aware of this current experience. As such it is nothing that can be experienced as an object and yet it is undeniably present.

However, these contemplations go much further than this. As we take our stand knowingly as this conscious Presence that we always already are, and reconsider the objects of the body, mind and world, we find that they do not simply appear to this Presence, they appear within it. And further exploration reveals that they do not simply appear within this Presence but as this Presence.

Finally we are led to see that it is in fact this very Presence itself that takes the shape of our experience from moment to moment whilst always remaining only itself. We see that our experience is and has only ever been one seamless totality with no separate entities, objects or parts anywhere to be found...

-- http://www.non-dualitybooks.com/Transparency_Spira.htm

However, this is still only the true experience of non-duality, but insight into Anatta and Emptiness/Dependent Origination is not spoken.

rokkie SG

More discussed in this topic: Reflection and Presence: The Dialectic of Awakening

the good thing about standing behind the scene, watch things ceasing and arising, is that sometimes could ease your pain, then time longer enough, your mind could really be peaceful. Aware but not attached, yes

An Eternal Now SG

Awareness cannot ease your physical pain.

But when there is a release of the reference point, the centerpoint, the 'I', 'me', 'experiencer', one does not react as much to the physical sensations and cause more mental reactions and aversions and suffering.

Perhaps, Thusness and Longchen can elaborate?

Iluvboi SG

WTH?buddism are total bullcrap.Listen to Sunday preaching for Jesus Christ please.Jesus is the only way to heaven.

An Eternal Now SG

Realmonk SG

Form is emptiness, emptiness is form.

Buddha is within ourself, we just need to realise ourself to gain enlightenment

rokkie SG

Awareness cannot ease your physical pain.

Perhaps, Thusness and Longchen can elaborate?

i think psychological pain is always greater than physical, and i used suffering from toothache, but now even i don't bush my teeth quite often, my tooth no longer pain.

You know the human body is a whole, that's what chinese medicine think that way, so western medicine, usually when you feel stomackache, or headache, they will diagnose on your stomack or head, but chinese medicine is the other way round, they will check your lung, or liver. So i think pschological pain and physical pain are correlated

An Eternal Now SG

Form is emptiness, emptiness is form.

Buddha is within ourself, we just need to realise ourself to gain enlightenment

What is the relation of mountains and rivers to Buddha-nature?

Realmonk SG

All things arise from causes and conditions. Dependent origination also means relativity or "emptiness" because all things are what they are only in relation to other things. Since all things are dependent upon causes and conditions for their existence, they have no real nature of their own and so they are relative or "empty"

Bodhi hut SG

WTH?buddism are total bullcrap.Listen to Sunday preaching for Jesus Christ please.Jesus is the only way to heaven.

Not to debate on other religion or criticise, but how sure is one announce that 'he' is the only way.....and where does 'he' comes from?

You cannot be 'he', as 'he' is the way to lead you, but in buddhism, the 'he' is only a teacher,'he' said you can be like him, to gain enlightenment and freed from kamic force...The teacher said, there are many heavens...so there are many'he' who manistify himself to our world to save sentinents...all are sentinents, be it who the 'he' we have faith in, its goal is relieve one from suffering..if the diciples act more sufferings to others, the 'he' could not lead you to the so call heaven, as no one could stop karmic force, except ourselves...

Realmonk SG

正信的佛教是什么？

http:www.realbuddhism.com

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JitKiat SG

我们修证的三个次第--"有觉有观"（有寻有伺）、"无觉有观"（无寻唯伺）、"无觉无观"（无寻无伺）--可以体会到观与照的分际。观的境界就是寻，有如在找一个东西，比方一根针掉到地上，怎么办？屋内一片漆黑，只好借着烛光或手电筒的亮光慢慢寻找，慢慢探索，这是"有寻"。"伺"则不寻找，找啊找，找也找不到，坐在那里等着吧，本来到处移动的小亮光停在一个地方，定住了，久而久之，光亮逐渐放大，这是伺的境界。最后，瞎猫撞到死老似的，一下放大光明，彻天彻地，便到了照见五蕴皆空，无所障碍 - 南怀瑾

I like the above analogy of finding a needle in the dark room, explaining about the stages for practicing prajna paramita ...

Similar explanation about practicing prajna paramita from Master Yin Shun:

所以慧學的無分別，不是不作意，不尋思，或不起心念等分別。那到底是什麼呢？「修習中觀行」的無分別，是以正觀而「無」那「自性」的「分別」；從自性分別不可得，而入於無分別法性的現證。

自性分別，是對於非真實而似真實的戲論相，著相而以為自性有的。上來已一再說到，自性有，是我我所執的著處；如起自性分別，就不能達我法空，而離我我所執了。所以，應分別，抉擇，觀察，此自性有是不可得的，一絲毫的自性有都沒有，才能盡離自性有分別。離此自性有分別，就是觀空──無自性分別。分別，不一定是自性分別，而分別自性分別不可得──空觀，不但不是執著，而且是通向離言無分別智證的大方便！經說的不應念，不應取，不應分別，是說：不應念自性有，不應如自性有而取，不應起自性有的分別。不是說修學般若，什麼都不念，不思，不分別。如一切分別而都是執著，那佛說聞思修慧，不是顛倒了嗎？如無分別智現前，而不須聞思修慧的引發，那也成為無因而有了！

不過，在從修無分別觀──觀自性分別不可得，臨近趣入無分別智證時，如著力於分別，抉擇，也是障礙，所以經說不應念等。這名為『順道法愛』，如食『生』不消化而成病。這等於射箭，在瞄準放箭時，不可太緊張，太著意；太緊張著意，反而會不中的的。從前有人，寫信給有地位的人，生怕錯誤，封了又開。這樣的開開封封，結果是將空信封寄了去，成為大笑話。所以，在觀心成就，純運而轉時，不可再作意去分別，抉擇。其實，這也還是不著相，不作意分別的意思。

An Eternal Now SG

Very true. But that's still half the story. Someone, imo with deep insights, wrote this:

Realmonk SG

Well, you are right.

"Form is emptiness" is only half and its is easier to understand than "Emptiness is form".

An Eternal Now SG

Yes... to my limited understanding... emptiness is form is the presence of seeing that is inseparable from the seen and heard. Emptiness though not a thing possesses vivid presence. When hearing sound, there is just sound, no hearer. Just the sensations/sensing, no feeler, thoughts, but no thinker. But what is seen, heard, etc, are dependently arisen, an aggregate of cause and conditions that does not last even a moment, empty of any substantial existence/thingness, mere appearances. The splendor of the world is simply Mind/Buddha-Nature's display, luminous and empty.

Buddha:

..."When cognizing what is to be cognized, he doesn't construe an [object as] cognized. He doesn't construe an uncognized. He doesn't construe an [object] to-be-cognized. He doesn't construe a cognizer.

Thus, monks, the Tathagata — being the same with regard to all phenomena that can be seen, heard, sensed, & cognized — is 'Such.' And I tell you: There's no other 'Such' higher or more sublime...