秀峰禪院 Newsletter 通

訊
2009.05

完全蛻變的時刻

崇山大禪師
世上發生的所有事情都是正確的。事物循環不息：春、夏、秋、冬，四季每年輪轉一次，但也有一些
循環周期較長的，剛好今年[編者按：1984年]是60年周期和360年周期的開始，這是一個有趣的時刻。

有一種名為知了的大型昆蟲，生長速度非常慢，由掛在樹上結繭至羽化成有翅膀的成蟲，約需時
十七年，非常艱巨。結繭中的知了，內部呈現一種被瓦解的狀態，看不出任何具機能的表皮、器官
或翅膀，全都靜止不動，身體就像被破壞了混作一團。

隨後慢慢地，繭破了，新的身體出現。先是一張翅膀，然後是一只腿。剛開始時，知了的移動很慢
也很困難，最後它從繭裡爬出來並落在地上。這時的知了，可從沒想過天空或飛翔 – 它僅在想如何找
到食物，任何食物。有時候，由破繭至準備展翅起飛，可能要花上三、四小時。但這是完全蛻變的時
刻，某一剎那它嘗試要飛，它就飛了。

我們非常擔憂未來：我們如何才可展翅高飛？我們的翅膀如何才可以出現？我們如何才可找到足夠
的食物？很多很多問題。如果我們收購一項業務，我們即渴望知道將來的銷售是好是壞，因此我們有
很多憂慮。人類也是大自然的一部份。就好像知了一樣，即使我們破繭而出，我們仍需要一段時間才
懂得如何伸展翅膀並起飛，但最後我們定會起飛的。

變化經常發生，但轉變即不變。由這一剎那到下一剎那，所有事物都是具足的，所有發生的事情都
是正確的。假如你執著名和相，表示你的思維不斷在生滅。假如你的思維沒有生滅，一切事物都是具
足的。假如你的中心點不動，即使出現各種各樣的新的處境，你也不會感到困難。但假如你沒有中心
點，你便會經常碰到問題。

試想想：在只有寒冷和霜雪的冬天，沒有甚麼事情發生，冰封的土地不見有樹葉或花朵。當春天到
臨，冰雪融化，水流進土壤，工作展開了，萬物一一破土而出。草長出來了，樹葉愈長愈大，花朵也
冒了出來，色彩不斷變化。所有事物都在迅速變化，我們的心也是一樣，不管是〝內在〞的還是
〝外在〞的世界。在冬天的那三、四個月，一切事情都是原封不動，所以我們不會感受到困難。
春天到了，帶來眾多的變化，我們的心也隨之轉動，於是我們便感受到許多疑惑和困難。

現在適值是舊有的60年和360年周期的結束，以及新一輪周期的開始，很多事情正在〝內裡〞發生。
一夥夥奇怪的、複雜的心也就出現了。

因此，當下我們必須勤加修行，認清自己的方向。假如你的心、你的中心點是堅穩的，沒有思惟，
那你就擁有無限的時間和無限的空間。但假如你有思惟，即使一小時也好像很多年；有時候我們的思
惟也可以將多年製造成恍似一秒鐘。因此在這變幻莫測、一切有待開展的年代，擁有堅穩的中心點非
常重要。假如你有清晰的方向，你的開始便有道可循。假如你並不清晰，未來也不可能清晰。
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訊
2009.05

A Time of Complete
Transformation

Zen Master Seung Sahn

Everything that happens in this world is correct. Things go in cycles: spring, summer, fall, winter. Every
year this cycle of seasons occurs. But there are longer cycles too, and this year [editor’s note: 1984] is the
beginning of both a 60 year and a 360 year cycle. It is a very interesting time.
There is a very large insect called the cicada, which grows very slowly inside a cocoon fastened to a tree. The
transformation from cocoon to winged creature takes a long time, about seventeen years, and is very difficult.
During this time in the cocoon, the cicada's internal body appears disrupted. The skin, the organs, the wings, all
appear not to be working. They aren't moving. The body looks as if it were confused and broken.
Then slowly the cocoon breaks open and the new body begins to appear. A wing emerges, then a leg
stretches forth. At first the cicada's movements are slow and difficult. It crawls out of the cocoon and falls to
the ground. At this stage the cicada never thinks about the sky or about flying - it only thinks about how to get
food, any kind of food. Sometimes it takes three or four hours between the time it leaves the cocoon and the
time it is able to fly. But this is a time of complete transformation. One moment it tries to fly and it flies!
We are very worried about the future. How can we ever fly? How can our wings possibly appear? How can
we get enough food? Many problems are appearing. If we buy a business, we want to know if the future will
be good for sales or bad. So we have many worries. But human beings are part of nature. Like the cicada, even
if we have already emerged from our cocoon, it still takes time before we understand how to stretch our wings
out and fly. Finally we will fly.
There is always change, but changing means not changing. Moment to moment, everything is complete.
Everything that happens is correct. If you are attached to name and form, it means that your thinking appears
and disappears. If your thinking does not appear and disappear, everything is complete. If your center is not
moving, you will have no difficulty even though many new conditions will appear. If you have no center, you
will always have problems.
Think of it like this: not much happens in the winter months, the season of cold and ice. No leaves or flow-
ers appear from the frozen ground. When spring comes, the ground thaws. Water goes into the soil and starts
working. Everything erupts. The grass grows. Leaves appear and get bigger. Flowers appear. All the colors
are changing. Everything is changing, quickly changing. It's the same in our minds, in our "inside" world as
well as the "outside" world. During winter, for three or four months everything stays the same, so we experi-
ence no difficulty. In the spring there are many changes, so our minds move and we experience many doubts
and problems.
Just at this time of the ending of an old set of 60 years and 360 year cycles and the beginning of a new set,
many things are happening "inside." A strange, complicated mind is appearing.
Just now we need to practice more strongly and make our direction clear. If your mind, your center is
strong with no thinking, then you already have infinite time and infinite space. If you have thinking, then even
one hour can seem like many years. Sometimes our thinking makes many years seem like only one second.
So in a changing time, a time of beginnings, it's very important to have a strong center. At this time, if your
direction is clear, then the beginning goes this way and that way. If you are not clear, the future is not clear.
 五月份 活 動

放香 Temporary Closure
禪院於5日31日至6月6日放香，禪修活動暫停一周。
Su Bong Zen Monastery will be closed from May 31 to June 6, 2009. Practicing Activities will be
suspended during that week.

禪院早晚課時間調整 Adjustment to Morning/Evening Practices Schedule

很多同學都反映2009年，在工作、經濟上面對著困境及危機。因此禪院在早晚課增加念誦大悲咒的次
數，願將此修持迴向給大家；希望同學們亦能多些回來一起做早晚念誦，讓大悲咒陪您面對每一日的逆
境與順境。
In this turbulent time, we understand that many students are facing difficulties and crisis in work or
finance. The Monastery has therefore re-scheduled the time of morning /evening practices so that
more Great Dharani chanting could be done and the practices will be dedicated to all. We invite you
to join our morning /evening practices. Let Great Dharani help you to face your everyday challenges
and adversities.

早 課 Morning Practice 05:30am - 06:30am 坐 禪 Sitting

06:45am - 07:00am 禮 佛 108拜 108 Bows
07:00am - 08:00am 念 誦 Chanting
晚 課 Evening Practice 06:15pm - 07:15pm 念 誦 Chanting

小啟 Notice
為節省紙張和郵費，歡迎大家電郵致info@subong.org.hk向禪院訂閱電子版的每月通訊。
To save paper and postage, you are encouraged to subscribe electronic version of the
newsletter by sending an email to info@subong.org.hk
 知 音 大觀禪師 The Sound - Zen Master Dae Kwan

某周日早課後，一位12歲的男孩告訴師父：
「我 After the Sunday morning practice, a 12
不想再到禪院了！我覺得很悶！」 years old kid told Sifu,“I don’t want to come
to Zen Centre anymore. I feel bored.”
師父問：
「誰覺得悶？」
Sifu asked,“Who is bored?”
男孩說：
「我！」
The boy said,“Me!”
師父問：
「誰是我？」 Sifu asked,“Who is Me?”

男孩回答說：「我就是我！」站在男孩身旁的 “Me is Me!”the boy replied. His brother

弟弟插話說：
「我來自原子！」 standing next to him interrupted,“Me comes
from atom.”
師父笑問：
「哪，原子又從那裡來？」 Sifu smiled and asked,“Where does this
small atom come from?”
弟弟說：
「來自更細的原原子！」
“From a much smaller atom!”the boy said.
師父說：
「如果我繼續問下去，你的答案都會是 Sifu said,“If I ask you further, you would just
一樣，好像小狗追逐尾巴，重覆又重覆。其實 repeat the same answer. It’s like dog chas-
ing its tail. So do you understand‘Me’?”
你是否明白這個我？」
“No, I don’t,”the boys admitted.
孩子們說：
「不！我不知道！」
Sifu smiled and said,“Correct! If you keep
師父笑說「正確！如果你可以保持這不知的 this mind, then boredom cannot control you.
心，煩悶便不會控制你。煩悶並不是從外面 Boredom doesn’t come from outside. In
來的。將來你還會在學習、朋友或其他你曾 future, you will come across many boredom
經喜歡的事情上遇到煩悶，那時候你怎麼辦 such as in your study, friendship, the things
？全都放棄？你說『我』很悶，那麼你必須 you once like. What would you do? To quit
正確認識這個『我』。如果你不知道，你最 them all? You say‘Me’ bored. You have to
好還是跟媽媽到禪院來，與所有人一同修行 correctly understand this‘Me’! If not, it is
，可以嗎？」 better that you can come with your mother to
the Zen Centre to practice with everybody.
Okay?”
孩子們說：
「可以！」
“OK!”the boys said with palms together. Sifu
師父笑說：
「你們倆都是我們最捧的禪學生！」 said,“Both of you are our great Zen students.”

評 論： Comment :
我們修行是訓練把這個「小我」還原到「零」。 Our practice is to return this“small I”back to
「零」即是「不知的心」。日子有功，你「不 zero. Zero is our don’t know mind. With
知的心」量大如虛空，「大我」在不知不覺間 constant effort, our don’t know mind will have
流露。「大我」就是不為己求，只有大慈大悲 the capacity like space. So‘Big I’will uncon-
為一切眾生。 ditionally function.‘Big I’never ask for reward
for themselves. Only have Great Love, Great
compassion for all beings.
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環保正定 關愛地球小組 得 捨

『環保八正道』已接近尾聲。但老實說句，總覺得自己仍然不能掌握『環保』的真正意義。

我們為何需要環保呢?中國有五千多年歷史，在這麼長的歷史長河中，除了近二十多年外，從來沒有
在歷史記載中有任何環境受到破壞、自然資源受到過度開採和耗用的問題被記載下來。最多就是聽
說有一個『愚公移山』的故事。就算在西方的歷史中，也沒有此類記錄。顯然，環保問題是近代才
發生的，應該是近五十年才變成人類的頭痛議題。

自從工業革命開始，生活模式變成以消費為主。現今大多數的人認為買東西，花錢消費是人生享受
愉快之源，因此造成大量浪費，生活模式亦變得非常複雜。

除了人類的生活模式變得非常複雜外，連帶思維也變得非常複雜。從前的人生活簡單，所以沒有環保
問題，現在物質豐富，生活也變得複雜及浪費，因此最徹底保護環境的方法莫過於過簡單的生活。

『正定』是什麼呢? Moment to Moment 每一剎那我們保持不動的心就是『正定』。如果保護環境最

徹底的方法是過簡單的生活，那『環保正定』就是每時每刻都保持簡單的心，並且保持此心不動。
若果不是需要的東西，不要因為平、靚、正而買。

農曆新年、聖誕節、復活節大減價? 不需要的話，不買!

甚麼護膚系列、化妝品系列、唇彩系列五折大減價？不需要的話，不買!

床褥、廚房食具、飯卓、梳化割喉式大減價？不需要的話，不買!

Moment to Moment 保持不動的心!

尚有一篇環保八正道可供同學撰寫：環保正念 － 計劃於2009年6月刊出，歡迎投稿