博雅教育5×5倡議：Huimin's blog 惠敏法師部落格

Rahula, Walpola (2007). What the Buddha Taught《佛陀的啟示》: Revised and Expanded Edition with Texts from Suttas and Dhammapada . Grove/Atlantic, Inc.. Kindle Edition.

• 【自然呼吸，隨觀長短5-10分鐘】
  • You breathe in and out all day and night, but you are never mindful of it, you never for a second concentrate your mind on it. Now you are going to do just this. Breathe in and out as usual, without any effort or strain. Now, bring your mind to concentrate on your breathing-in and breathing-out; let your mind watch and observe your breathing in and out; let your mind be aware and vigilant of your breathing in and out.
    • 每人日夜呼吸不停，但自己絲毫不覺，因為從未有人以分秒的時間，將心神貫注在呼吸上。而如今要做的，正是這個。（方法是）照平時一樣的一呼一吸，絲毫不要用力。只將心神集中於這呼出吸入上，凝神觀察這吸進呼出的動作，保持對這呼吸的警覺，使時刻都了了分明於這一動態。
  • When you breathe, you sometimes take deep breaths, sometimes not. This does not matter at all. Breathe normally and naturally. The only thing is that when you take deep breaths you should be aware that they are deep breaths, and so on.
    • 你呼吸時，有時深，有時淺。這並不打緊，只顧自自然然的呼吸去。惟一的一點是你在深呼吸時，心中須有數這些是深呼吸，如此這般。
  • In other words, your mind should be so fully concentrated on your breathing that you are aware of its movements and changes. Forget all other things, your surroundings, your environment; do not raise your eyes and look at anything. Try to do this for five or ten minutes.
    • 換言之，你的心力須集中在呼吸上，使你對於它的動作變化，無不了然於心。忘掉你的周圍環境以及其他一切事物，不可抬眼視物，這樣的試練五至十分鐘。
• 【剎那定而漸長】
  • At the beginning you will find it extremely difficult to bring your mind to concentrate on your breathing. You will be astonished how your mind runs away. It does not stay. You begin to think of various things. You hear sounds outside. Your mind is disturbed and distracted. You may be dismayed and disappointed.
    • 開頭的時候，你會發覺全神貫注在呼吸上，非常的不容易。你會奇怪你的心怎麼這樣會跑，它就是不肯停下來。你想東想西，耳中只聽到外面的聲音。你的腦筋混亂、思緒紛飛。你也會覺得沮喪失望。
  • But if you continue to practise this exercise twice daily, morning and evening, for about five or ten minutes at a time, you will gradually, by and by, begin to concentrate your mind on your breathing. After a certain period, you will experience just that split second when your mind is fully concentrated on your breathing, when you will not hear even sounds nearby, when no external world exists for you.
    • 但是如果你繼續不停的練習，每天早晚各一次，每次五至十分鐘，慢慢的，你的心就會集中在呼吸上了。過了一段時間，你就會經驗到一剎那（的定境），你的心神全部貫注在呼吸上，連近身的聲音也都充耳不聞，一時間外境俱泯。
  • This slight moment is such a tremendous experience for you, full of joy, happiness and tranquility, that you would like to continue it. But still you cannot. Yet if you go on practising this regularly, you may repeat the experience again and again for longer and longer periods.
    • 這一短時間的（定境），是一種了不起的經驗，充滿了喜悅與寧靜。你但願能繼續保持它，但是這時你還做不到這一點。不過只要你經常不停的練習，這種經驗可以一次又一次的發生，而每次定的時間也會逐漸加長。
• 【忘我之境乃至禪定、體證涅槃】
  • That is the moment when you lose yourself completely in your mindfulness of breathing. As long as you are conscious of yourself you can never concentrate on anything.
    • 這就是你繫心於呼吸上至忘我之境的時候了。只要你老覺得有你自己存在，你就不能集中注意力於任何別的東西。
  • This exercise of mindfulness of breathing, which is one of the simplest and easiest practices, is meant to develop concentration leading up to very high mystic attainments (dhyāna). Besides, the power of concentration is essential for any kind of deep understanding, penetration, insight into the nature of things, including the realization of Nirvāṇa.
    • 這個念念不離呼吸的修習法，是最簡單、最容易的一種。其目的在發展注意力，以達到非常高的禪定境界。此外，集中注意力（定力），對於任何深刻的了解、深透的內觀，以洞察萬物的本性包括體證涅槃，都是不可或缺的。
• 【健康、安眠】
  • Apart from all this, this exercise on breathing gives you immediate results. It is good for your physical health, for relaxation, sound sleep, and for efficiency in your daily work. It makes you calm and tranquil. Even at moments when you are nervous or excited, if you practise this for a couple of minutes, you will see for yourself that you become immediately quiet and at peace. You feel as if you have awakened after a good rest.
    • 除了這些，呼吸的練習更有立竿見影的效驗。它對你的健康大有裨益；能增進你的安眠，鬆弛緊張的身心，增進日常工作的效率。它能使你寧靜安詳。即令在你精神緊張或興奮的時候，如果練習幾分鐘的數息，你就會馬上覺得安靜平定了下來，好像在一段休息之後剛剛醒覺一般。

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