26/06/2022

家家有本难念的经。

很多人说我诵这部经，一天几次，同时也每天诵哪几部经。哇，诵这么多部经，太好了，你已成佛，好快。是如此吗？

有必要如此吗？你可选一部真正相应的经。甚至心经，它不是很长，五分钟以内你便能诵完。它很短但意义很深, 很广。你如此在长长的经书下功夫是好的，但这些功夫必需帮助你自己消化它，成为你的。我们能理论上了解经书，但我们更需要反照它。那你才能真的受用。如何消化这些教学的文字，使它成为你的，你的般若智慧。这非常重要。

-继闻法师，90日禅修2022年

Every home has a difficult Sutra to chant.

Many people said I chant this Sutra, how many time every day, and how many Sutras I chant every day. Wow, chant so many Sutras, that’s wonderful, you have already become Buddha, very fast. Is that so?

Is that necessary? You can pick up the Sutra that you really connect with. Even the Heart Sutra, it is not very long, you can chant it in 5 minutes. It is very short but the meaning is very deep and wide. It is good that you put in the effort into long Sutras, but this effort has to help you digest it, so it become yours. We can know the Sutras theoretically but we have to always turn inward to reflect on it. Then you can really benefit. How to digest all these teaching words so that they become yours, your prajna wisdom. This is very important.

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