本寺於一百一十四年六月二十九日至七月六日舉辦「夏季學界精進禪七」,恭請住持見穎大和尚主七。逾一千二百位來自台灣、美國、義大利、澳洲、泰國、菲律賓、香港、日本等海內外精舍護法居士及學界人士,共聚禪堂精進用功;更有近四百位義工發心八天全程護七,共同成就殊勝法緣。
禪七期間,學員們依循主七大和尚開示的用功要領,透過每日十支香,坐香、行香、早晚課誦、過堂……於動靜間返照自心,鍛鍊時刻作主的心地工夫,期能徹見本來面目,「明心見性,見性成佛」。
七日禪修功圓,全體學員滿懷法喜感恩,秉持大善知識的教誨,將禪七中的體悟,帶到日常生活繼續實踐,堅住正念,隨順覺性,邁向光明的菩提大道。
夏季學界精進禪七,海內外逾一千二百位學員把握勝緣共聚禪堂,依循主七見穎大和尚開示的用功要領,精進參究。
透過行香、過堂,保持人在哪裡,心在哪裡,鍛鍊動中作主的工夫。
盛夏炎威炙人煩 禪林和風潤心清
當前一念澄寂明 歷歷乾坤透真性
荷擎珠露映塵寰 蓮開妙華照瓊境
若問行者何處去 腳跟點地即歸寧
諸位知識,即今起七一事,最後一句又怎麼說法?
暑氣不侵性海淨 烏雲難掩月輪明
起—
The searing furnace of midsummer leaves us restless;
Yet a tender Chan-grove breeze cools the mind.
Calm this very mind to lucid, complete stillness;
Heaven and earth stand vivid, revealing the True.
Lotus leaves lift pearl-dew, mirroring the dusty world;
Their blossoms unfold splendor, illuminating the jade-realm.
Ask where do you, the wayfarer, go?
The instant your heel meets earth, you are home in peace.
Good cultivators, for this Chan-Seven Initiation, how shall the last verse be?
Summer heat can never stain the purity of ocean-like nature;
Dark clouds cannot conceal the radiance of the full moon.
Begin—
禪堂宴坐功行圓 炎威雖烈心常清
舉足落足即當境 聞聲息語見真性
憂歡聚散人間行 悲智雙運菩薩情
空裡無花呈妙有 步步生蓮步步寧
諸位知識,即今解七一事,最後一句又怎麼說法?
人間熱惱性本淨 萬里雲天月同明
解—
In the Chan hall, our practice ripens to fullness;
Though summer burns, the mind stays clear and cool.
Lifting a foot, setting it down—each is the present field;
Hearing a sound, letting words rest—true nature appears.
Joy and sorrow, meetings, partings—such is the human way;
Compassion and wisdom move as one—the bodhisattva heart.
Where emptiness bears no flowers, wondrous existence is revealed;
A lotus blooms with every step; each tread unfolds deep peace.
Good cultivators, for this Chan-Seven Completion, how shall the last verse be?
Though human afflictions sear like fire, the nature stays intrinsically pure;
Across boundless clouds and sky, one moon shines equally bright.
Done—