Daniel,

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...Bill!

--- In [email protected], "empty0grace" <empty0grace@...> wrote:
>
> Hi Donald,
> 
> I have tried to get this posted several times today, but keep on getting an 
> error message. So if this message appears multiple times, in various 
> wordings, you know why. 
> 
> _________
> 
> Thanks for posting that piece by your teacher. I appreciate hearing language 
> from a different tradition that is intuitively intelligible to me, especially 
> the integration of the being in all its dimensions, within the Heart of 
> course, which is the place of integration! How wonderful to know that we are 
> contemplating the same reality. If I have understood correctly,  heart to 
> heart transmission is central to your tradition, is it not? I can sense the 
> truth of it because my own reality brightens and deepens when I read the 
> words of your teacher. I have some questions for you when you find the time….
> 
> 1/ Could you clarify what is meant by "synching"? He places it between 
> hearing and awakening. Perhaps he just means the intuition of the 
> transmission?
> 
> 2/ Chan Ding: I think I read somewhere that this is the Chinese term of 
> samatha, or at least samadhi practice. But what is the object of this 
> samadhi? Is it the three signs of being as in the practice of satipatthana? 
> Or perhaps the voidness samdhi that results by and by from the contemplation 
> of the three signs? Something else? How is it practiced? 
> 
> Best wishes,
> 
> Daniel
> 
> 
> --- In [email protected], Jue Miao Jing Ming - 覺妙精明 
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> > Dear All,
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> > I have really enjoyed this talk, I hope that you like it too.
> > 
> > 
> >       Talk From Chan Master
> > 
> > 
> >     The Awakening Of Heart
> > 
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> >  
> > 
> > 
> > 【悟覺 妙天禪師開示集â"‚精進修行ã€`悟心
> > 
> > 當修行進入靈修的階段,也就是要回到自性的階段; 
> > 此時,不管在何時何地,都 
> > 要è®"「心」保持平靜,處於清淨的狀態。 
> > 當然這需要自æˆ`è¨"練,每天不管是在ç"Ÿ 
> > 活中,還是在禪定時,都要能 
> > 隨時「悟心」,並與師相印,這樣才能開悟解脫。
> > 
> > 文/悟覺妙天禪師
> > 
> > 「悟心」對修行來說是很重要的。當æˆ`å€`在聽法師說法的時候,應
> >  該要以心來相 
> > 印,要去悟心。即使只是一句很平常的話,如果你能夠 
> > 因此而開悟,就可以將它 
> > 轉為智慧;否則就是聽而不聞,æ²'有任何意 
> > 義。換句話說,你要從「聽」、 
> > 「聞」開始,然後相應而悟心;也就 
> > 是對法師所說的法要有所開悟,而ä¸"平常就 
> > 要開悟這些é"理,那麼它 就會化成萬法。
> > 
> > 因為當你「悟心」時,身心是統一的,也就是住位在自性;如果此
> >  時你對所聞之 
> > 法有所悟,就能「一心ç"Ÿè¬æ³•」。修行要從這裡開始。 
> > 此外,還要禪定。簡單地 
> > 說,禪定就是一種「時空的超越」。如果不 
> > ç¶"過禪定,就會受到時空的限制;因 
> > 為æˆ`å€`都是ç"Ÿæ´»åœ¨æ„Ÿå®˜çš„世界 
> > 裡。所謂感官的世界就是時空的世界;ç"Ÿæ´»åœ¨æ™‚空 
> > 的世界就是ç"Ÿæ´»åœ¨ 一個蛋殼的世界裡。
> > 
> > 一定要ç¶"過禪定,才能出離到蛋殼之外,才真正與真實的世界接觸。否則,你只停
> >  
> > 留在無常的世界裡,根本無法得知實相的世界在何方,也不知é"它是一個什麼樣的
> >  
> > 世界。所以,禪行者一定先要知é"修行的目的就是要找到心靈的歸
> >  宿,也就是要 
> > 把握源頭。若能如此,必能在這一世成就,回到妙喜佛 
> > 國。
> > 
> > 如果你能é«"悟源頭在å"ªè£¡ï¼Œé€²è€ŒæŽŒæ¡å®ƒï¼Œé‚£éº¼ä¸ç®¡å¸«çˆ¶åœ¨ä½•處,你都會有感應。因
> >  
> > 為印心佛法是無相、實相的法門,是心靈與心靈的結合、心靈與心靈的通é"、心靈
> >  
> > 與心靈的交感、心靈與心靈的相印。如果你在平日禪修時,都能保持
> >  身心愉快, 
> > 隨時接到清淨智慧的本性,你這一世必能成就。
> > 
> >     
> > 
> > When our journey is entering into the state of spiritual cultivation, or 
> > in other words, returning to our self nature, keeping our heart in peace 
> > and pure at all times and all places is the practice. This does require 
> > dedication and effort. Regardless whether we are in-or-out of 
> > meditation, we need to awaken our heart, sync it with that of our 
> > Teacher's, for us to awaken and be liberated.
> > 
> > Chan Master Wu Jue Miao-Tian
> > 
> > In the journey of Chan, the "awakening of heart" is most important. When 
> > we were listening to the dharma talk of a Teacher, we need to sync our 
> > hearts with it and to awaken our heart, even if it is just an ordinary 
> > phrase. If you could be awakened from it, then this phrase would be 
> > transformed into wisdom. Otherwise it would be meaningless, if you just 
> > hear but don't listen. In other words, we must begin with "hearing", 
> > then "listening", then "syncing" then "awakening". Not limiting to the 
> > moment of the dharma talk, but at all times, if we could awaken 
> > ourselves to these truth, then we could applied them in ten thousand ways.
> > 
> > Because when we are awakened, our body, mind and spirit are integrated, 
> > and guided by our self nature. Under such condition, all awakening could 
> > be flourished into ten thousand dharma by our heart. It is from here we 
> > begin our spiritual cultivation. Of course, most importantly we need to 
> > enter Chan Ding, or Jhana. Chan Ding transcends time and space. Without 
> > it, we would be bound by time and space. We are living in a sensory 
> > world through our physical organs. Sensory world is a dimension of time 
> > and space. Living in this world of time and space is like living in an 
> > egg-shell.
> > 
> > Only through Chan Ding, could we then be able to break out of the egg 
> > shell. Could we then reach the "true world". Otherwise, as we reside in 
> > a domain of impermanence, we would be unable to know what is the truth 
> > and where to find it. The first objective for Chan practitioners is 
> > finding the home of our heart, or keeping connected with our origin. 
> > Then we could be enlightened in this life, and return to Miao-Shi Buddha 
> > Land.
> > 
> > If you could awaken to realize your origin, keep connected with it, then 
> > you would be in sync no matter where you Teacher is. Heart Chan Dharma 
> > is a formless, yet true dharma. It is the unification of heart with 
> > heart, the transmission of heart-to-heart, the resonance of 
> > heart-to-heart, the synchronization of heart-to-heart.
> > 
> > If you could keep your body and heart in joy at all times, you would 
> > witness the purity and wisdom of your nature. You would be enlightened 
> > in this life.
> > 
> > 
> > 
> >       About Us
> > 
> > Heart Chan is the teaching of Grand Chan Master Wu Jue Miao Tian.  He is 
> > the 85th patriarch since Shakyamuni, 58th patriarch since Bodhidarma and 
> > 48th patriarch of Linji School.
> > 
> > He teaches that we all could be enlightened in this life.
> > 
> > 
> >       The Four Practices To Enlightenment
> > 
> > 
> >       Purity
> > 
> >     Detox our body, our mind and our spirit.
> > 
> > 
> >       Wisdom
> > 
> >     Detach from all forms. In Sync with the Heart of Buddha.
> > 
> > 
> >       Fulfillment
> > 
> >     Fulfill every encounter without question or expectation.
> > 
> > 
> >       Enlightenment
> > 
> >     True Nature Connects With Buddha.
> > 
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