Deliverance is to get enlightened and let go.

 

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Deliverance is to get enlightened and let go.

 

Human has two kinds of affiliations, one comes from genes and we call it congenital attachment; the other is acquired from the environment and we call it discriminative attachment. Comparatively, the acquired attachment can be purified easily after enlightenment, and it is also referred as attachment that can be cleaned with insight or wisdom. But the congenital attachment can only be purified thoroughly after hard and long-term practice.

 

When a practitioner neither clings to the outside world nor takes the fake as genuine, when nothing can disturb his peace and happiness, he is liberated. Understanding the truth, and contemplating ones own behavior with this light of truth, and then it is the deliverance. We don’t need to look for deliverance other than this. Away from this truth, away from one’s own mind and soul, and seeking for deliverance other this, is to seek the Dharma from outside of heart, which is a wrong choice. All the Dharma outside of the mind is conditioned Dharma, which is as illusionary as the moon in the pond.

 

Some practitioners are simple-hearted, and they can easily have some religious experience during the meditation. Our forefather says, a straight mind is a place for awakening. The simple-hearted people don’t hold many concepts and they don’t like fancy things. They can feel the nature of spirit from the literature or things alike, and this spirit is just the most precious thing.

 

It is just like the situation of some young girls, who are easily attracted by appearance, for example, good looking, taste, etc. When they grows up and have more life experience, they won’t pay much attention on such things, for they have had intuitive wisdom and they pay more attention to nature of man.

 

After enlightenment, the joy will flow from inside out during the meditation. Although sometimes, something outside will play on their emotions, these emotions are just superficial and will be diluted quickly by the inner joy. Naropa made a pretty good metaphor about it and he said, after seeing the true nature, it is like the root of a big tree is cut off and the branches of deluded thoughts are going to wilt for sure.

 

The big tree that Naropa referred to is the tree of habitual thinking and the tree of Samsara. Although the tree will still be alive after its root is cut off, it will wither off gradually. It is to say, when a man understands the true nature, the tree of thinking and tree of Samsara will die off eventually. The process of dying off can be very long. But during this process, he understands more and the state gets more stable, as lots of habitual pattern has been purified. Some practitioner doesn’t have this purification process. It is called as being enlightened and achieving instantly, which means to be enlightened and achieve at the same time.

 

Human has two kinds of affiliations, one comes from genes and we call it congenital attachment; the other is acquired from the environment and we call it discriminative attachment. Comparatively, the acquired attachment can be purified easily after enlightenment, and it is also referred as attachment that can be cleaned with insight or wisdom. But the congenital attachment can only be purified thoroughly after hard and long-term practice. The brightness of enlightenment instantly dispels the acquired dark affiliations. But the congenital attachment only can be purified thoroughly after a long and diligent meditation,

 

For most of practitioners, the process of purification takes a very long time. Among the eighty-four great achievers and later achievers, some took twelve years to purify habitual practice. Afterward, the brightness they achieved would truly enlighten their lives. So, there is a common saying about the eighty four big achievers: after twelve years, they achieved the ultimate achievement of Mahamudra. Maybe, the twelve years is some how related to human’s life circle.

 

At the beginning of purification process, the practitioner needs to take retreat. But the simply seclusion is not enough; the purpose of seclusion is to stabilize the state achieved. Even after it gets stable, it is not ultimate achievement yet. We need to practice and tame the mind in real life. We need to inspect whether we can stay in ‘one taste’. The achievement won’t be unsurpassed without the practices in real life.

 

For example, Hui-Neng, after he got self-realized and enlightened, his work of pounding rice became a maintaining process, the fifth master taught his the Diamond sutra, which was the process of affirmation, and also showed him the true nature. Afterwards, he spent more than ten years along with the hunters. In that ten years, he maintained the state he achieved and meanwhile honed his mind. Ten years past, his achievement was very stable and nothing in this world could change his inherent wisdom of brightness and emptiness.

 

When a practitioner neither clings to the outside world nor takes the fake as genuine, when nothing can disturb his peace and happiness, he is liberated. Understanding the truth, and contemplating ones own behavior with this light of truth, and then it is the deliverance. We don’t need to look for deliverance other than this. Away from this truth, away from one’s own mind and soul, and seeking for deliverance other this, is to seek the Dharma from outside of heart, which is a wrong choice. All the Dharma outside of the mind is conditioned Dharma, which is as illusionary as the moon in the pond.

 

When a wise man watches the drama, he won’t be controlled by the play of dharma. Because he knows that everything is just show. If you are so into the drama, taking the show as real, you will be carried away by the drama. It is like, after watching a thriller, someone will be so frightened when going to the bathroom at night; he is afraid that a pale hand would reach out from the toilet. This is same as taken over by the delusion.

 

As the saying goes, lookers-on see more than player. It is the same case. The player is the one who sees illusion as real. He is not aware that everything is impermanent and nothing lasts forever. Their emotion will be controlled by some illusory phenomena. The onlookers are ones who are not into what is happening right now. So for them, everything they see is not more than a film, a dream. They will be irritated by it and won’t cling to it.

 

For some people in our time, although they know that certain things are not real, they still seek for other kind of liberation. Ultimately, it is because they don’t know what liberation is. As a matter of fact, the liberation is not a slogan, or specific phenomenon, it is a condition of life.

 

Many people in our time are looking for ‘deliverance’. In their eyes, the deliverance is maybe to, earn much money and tour around the world. But they don’t realize that even though they owned the money and took the tour around the world, how long could this happiness last? When they find that the deliverance they sought to for life-time will disappear in one week, and they will get lost in a new trouble, what should they do?

 

The biggest contradiction in life is that we are so much obsessed and nothing we cling to can last forever. Many people are obsessed to fortune or fame, or to love, beauty, and physical pleasure. What a pity, these things disappear quickly. For example, love, even you and your wife stick to each other, but one of they will die one after the other. Even the famous love story that were praised highly in history didn’t last, is there anything else can last?

 

When one understands nothing can last, he doesn’t need to seek for some liberation outside of heart any more. You are liberated upon this insight. Afterwards, you need to deal with the problems you see; which means “letting go”. It doesn’t mean doing anything. It means, no matter you do, don’t be obsessed to the result. For example, if you buy stocks, don’t be overjoyed when it rises, and don’t be depressed when it declines. When you have food to feed yourself, clothes to keep you warm, other things such as stocks shouldn’t have much influence to your life. Additionally, the fortune you have right now will become meaningless number when the impermanence catches you. Don’t be obsessed to anything in this world and stay un-wavered, and this is to ‘let-go’ and break away from attachment.

 

Meanwhile you still do your best with your life and work, but don’t let anything pull you out of the enlightenment, but well remain in the emptiness achieved after seeing the true nature. Totally focus on what you are doing at the moment. After the work is finished, you can relaxingly enjoy the beautiful flowers and amazing sunset, no matter what the result will be. This is it.

 

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第三辑：与灵性好好相处

 

 

解脱就是明白与放下

 

人的烦恼有两种，一种来自先天基因，叫做“俱生我执”，一方面来自后天的环境熏染，叫“分别我执”。后天的执著容易在见性后得以清除，叫“见所断烦恼”，因见觉悟之光，顿除后天的黑暗烦恼；而先天基因导致的烦恼习气，则要经过长期修行，才能脱胎换骨，清除干净，这便是“修所断烦恼”。

 

当一个人不执著于外部世界，不认假成真，世上任何境界都不能动摇他的安宁与快乐时，他就已经解脱了。明白真理、并能用真理之光观照行为，这本身就是解脱，再不需要去寻求另外一种解脱了。如果离开这种真理，离开自己的心灵和心性，去寻找另一种解脱，就是‘心外求法’，是一种错误的选择。所有心外的东西，都是有为之法，最终还是会镜花水月一场空的。”

 

有些人在修的过程中容易出现体验，原因就在于他有颗单纯的心。古人云：“直心是道场。”单纯的人没有诸多的名相，也不愿看一些乱七八糟的东西，他们只会从文字或者某种东西中感受到一种精神的东西，这种精神恰恰就是最珍贵的东西。

 

这就像一些女孩子年轻的时候很容易被一些外现所迷惑，比如这个人长得很漂亮、也很有情趣等等。当她上了一定的年龄，有了一定的阅历之后就不注意这些了，因为那时她就有了一种直观的智慧，她可能更关注一个人的本质。

 

有些人明心见性之后，在修行的过程中就会从里向外渗透着一种喜悦，哪怕某种外现的东西有时候可能会影响他的情绪，但那个情绪只不过是一种表面的东西，你内心的喜悦很快就会把它冲淡。那诺巴对此作过一个很好的比喻，他说，明心见性之后，就好像把一棵大树的树根斩断了，那妄念的树枝肯定会枯萎的。

 

那诺巴说的那棵大树就是思维之树、轮回之树。虽然树根被斩断之后大树仍然活着，但是它会慢慢枯萎。也就是说，当一个人明白心性之后，他的那棵思维之树、轮回之树就会慢慢枯萎，这个枯萎的过程也许是漫长的，但是在此过程中，

 

他会越来越明白，他的状态也会变得越来越稳定。因为这时候好多习气就被清除掉了。有的人也可以不经过这个清除习气的过程，就顿悟顿证，就是说开悟和证道是同时的。

 

因为人的烦恼有两种，一种来自先天基因，叫做“俱生我执”，一方面来自后天的环境熏染，叫“分别我执”。后天的执著容易在见性后得以清除，叫“见所断烦恼”，因见真理之光，顿除后天的黑暗烦恼；而先天基因导致的烦恼习气，则要经过长期修行，才能“脱胎换骨”，清除干净，这便是“修所断烦恼”。开悟仅仅是看到了智慧光明，与生俱来的习气一时还难以清除，需要经过长期的熏修，才能真正彻悟。

 

很大一部分人清除习气的过程都是非常漫长的，历代的八十四个大成就师和后来的成就者之中，有的就用了十二年的时间来清除习气。之后，他们证悟的那种光明才会真正照耀他们的人生。所以，有个关于八十四个大成就师的普遍说法

 

是：“十二年后，他们得到了大手印的究竟证悟。”也许，这十二年，跟人的生命规律有关。

 

刚开始清除习气时需要闭关，但是单纯的闭关还不够，闭关的目的是为了让那个东西稳定，但稳定之后还没达到完全彻悟，还需要到生活中去修，去磨炼心性，去看看自己是不是能在事上也打成一片。如果没有生活中的“修”，那么他的成就便不究竟。

 

比如说慧能，当他开悟、明白了之后，冲米的时候就是一个保任的过程，五祖为他讲《金刚经》就是一个印证的过程，并且进一步为他开示心性。之后，他在猎人堆里呆了十多年，这十多年既是在保任，也是在磨练心性。十多年过去之后，他的证悟就非常稳定了，世上的任何境界都不能改变他本有的那种明空智慧了。

 

当一个人不执著于外部世界，不认假成真，世上任何境界都不能动摇他的安宁与快乐时，他就已经解脱了。明白真理、并能用真理之光观照行为，这本身就是解脱，再不需要去寻求另外一种解脱了。如果离开这种真理，离开自己的心灵和心性，去寻找另一种解脱，就是“心外求法”，是一种错误的选择。所有心外的东西，都是有为之法，最终还是会镜花水月一场空的。

 

明白人看戏时，肯定不会被戏的内容所控制。因为他知道，这一切都是演员们在演戏。如果你投入太深，认假成真，就会被它所迷惑，所控制。比如有的人看了恐怖片，当晚连去一趟厕所都会心惊胆跳，因为他害怕马桶里会突然伸出一只白晃晃的手来。这就是被幻象控制了。

 

俗话说“当局者迷旁观者清”，谈的也是这么一回事。所谓的当局者，就是认假成真的人，他们不知道任何事情都是虚幻无常的，不是永恒的，所以才会被这些假象控制了情绪。旁观者，则是指那些没有投入到正在发生的事情里面的人，

 

对于他们来说，眼前的事情跟一出电影没多大的区别，跟一个梦也没什么区别，所以他们不会因为眼前的事情觉得痛苦，更不会放不下。

 

在这个时代生存的一部分人，他们虽然知道某种东西是不存在的，但他们仍然在试图寻找另外一种解脱。究其根本，是因为他们并不知道什么才叫做解脱。事实上，解脱并不是一个口号，或一个具体现象，它是一种生命状态。

 

很多现代人都在找解脱，他们心目中的解脱也许只是 “赚很多很多的钱，然后环游世界”。但是他们没有想过，就算他们赚了很多钱，并且环游了世界，这种快乐又能维持多久？要是他们发现自己终此一生所追求的“解脱”，在一个星期之后就消失了，自己又陷入全新的烦恼之中，那该怎么办好？

 

生命中最大的矛盾，就是执著太多，偏偏什么都不会永恒。很多人不是执著金钱，就是执著名利。金钱名利都不执著的，就执著爱，执著美，执著快感。可惜的是，它们一个比一个消失得更快。拿爱情来打比方吧，即使你和老婆两个人都不变心，也总会相继去世。连古今中外千万人歌颂过的爱情，都不会永恒，还

 

有什么会永恒？

 

明白了一切都不会永恒的时候，你就不需要再去追求某种心外的解脱，因为当你拥有这个见地的同时，就已经解脱了。然后你就要对治，所谓的对治就是放下。这里的放下，不是让你啥也不做，而是让你做事的时候不要执著结果。比如你可以炒股，但暴涨时不要过度兴奋，狂跌时不要过度沮丧。因为当你能吃饱穿暖后，这些东西对于你的一生来说，便没有大的影响，也没有大的意义。况且，无论你有多少财产，无常一到，它都会变成一串没有意义的数字。世间的一切都不要执著，面对一切都要如如不动，这就是“放下”和“破除执著”。

 

放下、破执的同时，你还要尽力做事，只是不要让任何东西把你从觉悟中拽出来，始终保持明心见性后的空性状态。你在该做事时专心做事，事情完成后，无论结果如何，都能心情舒畅地欣赏迷人的野花和夕阳，这就对了。

 

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