Advance level Chan Tea class - Only you know what you have gained

2017-08-16 15-58-23  来源:  作者：  点击:次

咏禅茶

烛光初燃心香起
漫洒清辉沐白衣
轻展竹帘候汤沸
笑拈香茗对清酣
一方茶席享静乐
事此妙入悟禅机
得其自在安然意
一片清心向菩提

——祥蕾

Praise to Chan Tea
Lighten up the candles with my sincere and respectful heart
The candle light shines softly upon my white shirt
Unroll the bamboo scroll gently and wait for tea to brew
Hold a cup in hand and savor with joy
Appreciate this tranquil moment beside the tea table
Practice wonderful Chan Tea to reveal the self-nature
In this peaceful and easy moment
All I am longing for is attaining bodhi Xianglei

　　雨音净爽，清风和畅，殊胜的禅茶一日将要结束了，说到收获，首先要感恩义工菩萨，妙丽老师，是义工的付出，老师的耐心鼓励才有我的提升。
In refreshing drizzle and breeze, the one-day extraordinary experience of Chan Tea came to the end. I gained a lot. There were so many people I would like to thank. I would like to thank the volunteers for their diligence. I also would like to thank instructor Miaoli for her patience. Her encouragement helped me to improve.

　　可以讲，首先在此次学习中，心境是不一样的。初级讲习班因为对禅修茶道的完全不了解，所以也只是学到动作。而此次是抱着向更深一层的禅修茶道前进的目标，所以体会也不同。《中庸》有“其次致曲，曲能有诚”，我们一下子达到高深的境界是不可能的，所以凡夫人就要通过这样的方便法门来一步步入道，随着老师的引导，渐入“禅茶无生”的佳境，我想，这是主要的目标。
My mindset is different this time in advance level class. Previously, in entry level class, I have no clue about what Chan Tea really is. I only learned the movements last time. This time, I come here to take my knowledge to the next level. Therefore it is different. As mentioned in Zhongyong (The Doctrine of the Mean): “Next to the top tier are those who have to use indirect cultivation methods just like to take a detour. If they could fully understand and devote to the cultivation, and reach the perfection of it, they will still attain the Samadhi.” It is impossible for the ordinary people to reach utmost immediately, therefore we need to utilize this expedient method and make progress step by step. Guided by instructors, practice to revealing the meaning of “the emptiness of Chan Tea”. This is the ultimate goal of Chan Tea.
    
　　其次讲到收获。首先是外在技法上更加准确与熟练了；其次在心法上，今天又再一次聆听了妙兆法师讲课时讲到的《六祖坛经.坐禅品第五》中的“外离相为禅，内不乱为定，外禅内定，是为禅定”，在今天的学习中稍有体会，尤其是最后一遍状态最好，我觉得能真正的在禅修茶道中体验六祖之言，真是莫大的幸运与福气，也十分期待自己在之后的二天学习中能继续提升定力和清净心，加油！道可道，非常道，自得唯有自心知。
Now I would like to share what I have gained. First, my movements are more precise since I am more familiar with them. Second, this is the second time I listened to Master Miaozhao’s explanation of the following sentences from the Platform Sutra - Chapter Five: Dhyana: “To be free from attachment to all outer objects is Dhyana, and to attain inner peace is Samadhi. When we are in a position to deal with Dhyana and to keep our inner mind in Samadhi, then we are said to have attained Dhyana and Samadhi.” Through today’s practice, especially the last round, I had a deeper understanding on this. I feel so much blessed to have this experience and understand what the honorable Sixth Patriarch had taught us. I wish I could improve more on self-cultivation through the learning of next two days. “Ways which can be spoken of are not the eternal way. Names which can be spoken are not eternal names.” Only you know what you have gained.

——王亦如
Wang, Yiru.