坐禪第五
Sitting Meditation, Chapter 5
師示眾云：「此門坐禪，元不著心，亦不著淨，亦不是不動。若言著心，心元是妄，知心如幻，故無所著也。若言著淨，人性本淨，由妄念故，蓋覆真如。但無妄想，性自清淨；起心著淨，却生淨妄。妄無處所，著者是妄。淨無形相，却立淨相，言是工夫。作此見者，障自本性，却被淨縛。善知識！若修不動者，但見一切人時，不見人之是非善惡過患，即是自性不動。善知識！迷人身雖不動！開口便說他人是非長短好惡，與道違背。若著心著淨，即障道也。」
The Master addressed the assembly: "In this practice of seated meditation, the goal is not to fixate on the mind, nor to fixate on purity, nor is it about remaining motionless. If you try to fixate on the mind, the mind is fundamentally deluded—you must recognize that the mind itself is an illusion, so there is nothing to grasp. If you try to fixate on purity, realize that your true nature is inherently pure; it is only because of deluded thoughts that your true nature becomes obscured. Simply have no false thinking, and your nature will be pure of itself. But if you consciously set your mind on purity, you create another delusion—the delusion of purity itself. Delusion has no fixed location; the very act of grasping is delusion. Purity has no form or shape, yet when you establish it as a form and call that 'practice,' you create a barrier to your own true nature and become bound by purity.
Good friends, if you wish to cultivate the practice of 'non-movement,' then when you see anyone, do not dwell on their faults, rights, wrongs, or shortcomings. That is what it means for your true nature to remain unmoved. Good friends, a deluded person may keep their body still, but the moment they open their mouths they speak of others' faults, shortcomings, likes, and dislikes—this is going against the Way. If you fixate on the mind or on purity, you obstruct the path."
師示眾云：「善知識！何名坐禪？此法門中，無障無礙，外於一切善惡境界，心念不起，名為坐；內見自性不動，名為禪。善知識！何名禪定？外離相為禪，內不亂為定。外若著相，內心即亂；外若離相，心即不亂。本性自淨自定，只為見境，思境即亂。若見諸境心不亂者，是真定也。善知識！外離相即禪，內不亂即定。外禪內定，是為禪定。《菩薩戒經》云：『我本元自性清淨。』善知識！於念念中，自見本性清淨，自修自行，自成佛道。」
The Master instructed the assembly: "Good friends, what is meant by 'sitting meditation'? In this Dharma door, there is no obstruction. Externally, when the mind does not arise in response to all good and evil states—this is called 'sitting.' Internally, when you see your own nature as unmoving—this is called 'meditation.' Good friends, what is meant by 'meditation concentration'? Detaching from external forms is 'meditation'; internally not being disturbed is 'concentration.' If you cling to external forms, your mind is disturbed. If you detach from external forms, your mind is not disturbed. Your original nature is inherently pure and inherently concentrated; it is only because you perceive states and think about them that you become disturbed. If your mind remains undisturbed when seeing all states—that is true concentration. Good friends, detaching from external forms is meditation; internally not being disturbed is concentration. Externally meditation, internally concentration—that is 'meditation concentration.' The *Bodhisattva Precepts Sutra* says: 'My original nature is inherently pure.' Good friends, in every thought, see your own nature as pure. Cultivate and practice on your own; thus you will accomplish the Buddha Way on your own."