Ajahn Brahm 在《Mindfulness, bliss and beyond》一書提到一種禪修方法,就是‘隨它去’禪修法
Ajahn Brahm 說,有時散播慈心或專注呼吸,未必是當下最佳的禪修方法,此時此刻需要的,反而是隨它去。
就是靜靜地覺知當下,心裡不要說話、喋喋不休。
無論什麼境界現前--好還是壞--我們只是覺知,任由它們來去。
Ajahn Brahm 在介紹這個禪法時,建議可以坐在自己的花園裡,享受它的美麗,休息一下。
細心一想,其實我們許多人都在做的。我們有時什麼都不做,只是靜靜地坐下,放鬆、放空,不批判地覺知當下的一切。慢慢,我們就會發現心會慢慢地平靜、喜悅、具有正念。
這已經是禪修了!!哈哈!
佛陀其實也有教導這種禪修方法:
在被我們所見、所聞、所感知的一切當中
當見到時,只有所見的這麼多
當聽到時,只有所聽的這麼多
當感知時,只有所感知的這麼多
這樣時,我們便不在那裡,(沒有自我感、貪嗔癡的涉入,對任何境界不迎不拒)
當我們不在那裡,我們就不在此世、不在他世、不在兩者的中間,這就是苦的終結。 (Ud.10)
當時聽完後,Bāhiya尊者就證悟阿羅漢果了。
In his book "Mindfulness, Bliss, and Beyond," Ajahn Brahm discusses a meditation method called the 'Let It Be' meditation.
Ajahn Brahm says that sometimes spreading loving-kindness or focusing on the breath may not be the most suitable meditation method for the present moment. Instead, what is needed right now is to simply let it be.
It means quietly being aware of the present moment, without internal dialogue or mental chatter.
No matter what arises—whether good or bad—we simply be aware, allowing all things to come and go.
When introducing this method, Ajahn Brahm suggests sitting in one's own garden, enjoying its beauty, and simply resting.
Upon careful reflection, many of us are already practicing this. Sometimes we do nothing but sit quietly, relax, let go, and non-judgmentally be aware of everything in the present moment. Gradually, we will find the mind becoming calmer, more joyful, and mindful.
This is already meditation! Haha!
In fact, the Buddha also taught this meditation method:
"In the seen, there is only the seen;
in the heard, there is only the heard;
in the sensed, there is only the sensed;
in the cognized, there is only the cognized."
When this is the case, you are not "there" (there is no involvement of a sense of self, no greed, aversion, or delusion; neither accepting nor rejecting any experience).
When you are not "there," you are neither in this world, nor in the other world, nor anywhere between the two. This is the end of suffering. (Ud. 10)
After hearing this, Venerable Bāhiya attained enlightenment as an Arahant