24/06/2022

家家有本难念的经。

.有人问我为什么要诵经。诵经不是诵经。诵经是禅修。安居的意思是只是去做。只是去做的意思是一起行动。一起行动的意思是快乐。没有我，喜欢，不喜欢 – 我喜欢坐禅，我不喜欢诵经；我喜欢诵经，我不喜欢拜佛。 一起行动的意思是大家拜，我们只是拜。 大家诵，我们只是诵。也听自己的声音，别人的声音。我们用自己的声音诵念，我们听，非常清楚。这个的意思是我们诵经不是为了捉住某样东西。倘若我们在念咒语Om Mani Padme Hum，也只是Om Mani Padme Hum，我们不会想求Oh Money Money Come。有所要求是你痛苦的因，你有贪。观音用耳闻修行，用当下的声音修行，不是过去，现在，未来。

.参话头也是一样的。什么是话头。话头没有什么意思。但如果你只是去做，你就会有能量。

- 继闻法师，90日禅修2022年

Every home has a difficult Sutra to chant.

Someone asked me why do we chant. Chanting is not chanting. Chanting is chanting meditation. Retreat means just do it. Just do it means together action. Together actions means happiness. There is no I, no like, no dislike - I like sitting, I don’t like chanting; I like chanting, I don’t like bowing. Together action means everyone is bowing, we just bow. Everyone chants, we just chant. Also, listen to our voice and others’ voice. We can use our voice to chant, we can hear, very clear. That means we are not chanting to grab something. Even if we chant the mantra Om Mani Padme Hum, just Om Mani Padme Hum, we never think Oh Money Money Come. Wanting something cause you suffering, you have greed. Avalokitesvara used the hearing ears to practice, use the moment-to-moment sound to practice, not in the past, not now, not future.

This is the same for looking into before-speech question. What is before-speech question? Before-speech question has no meaning. But if you just do it, then you will be energised.

-Ven. Chi Boon, alias Gye Mun Sunim, 90-day Zen Retreat 2022]