第八辑 把心带回家 Volume 8: Bringing the Mind Home
睁开眼睛的理由有好几个。第一，比较不会昏沉。其次，禅坐不是逃避世间的方法，也不是要脱离世间，遁入一种恍惚的意识状态。
There are several reasons for keeping the eyes open: First, you are less likely to fall asleep. Second, meditation is not a means of running away from the world. Third, it's not disconnecting from the world and entering a trance-like state of consciousness.
闭着眼睛容易恍惚，容易沉迷在自己的黑暗境界里面。
Closing the eyes can easily lead to trance and immersion in your own dark state.
相反的，禅坐直接帮助我们了解真正的自己，并且与生命和外在世界产生关系。
On the contrary, meditation is a direct way to help us truly understand ourselves and relate to life and the world.
生命和外在世界产生关系，眼睛是关键。因此，禅坐时，你要把眼睛睁开，不要闭上。
Your eyes are the key to connecting your life to the external world. Therefore, when meditating, keep your eyes open, not closed.
我们学会慢慢地睁开眼睛看一切事物，很平静、安详地去看，既不排斥也不贪着。不要把生命排拒在外，而是维持开放的心态，随遇而安。
Slowly, we learn to open our eyes and look at everything peacefully, without rejection or attachment. Don't reject life. Stay open-minded and be fine with whatever comes your way.
看任何人和事物的时候，你都带着慈悲的眼光，你心里都希望他们安乐、希望他们能够解脱、希望他们自在，看到任何一个众生都有这样的愿望。
When you see anyone or anything, always be compassionate, and wish them to attain bliss, liberation, and freedom. When you see anyone, you should aspire like this.
"让你的一切感官都自然地开放，不做掩饰，不追逐它们的知觉"，
"You leave all your senses just open, naturally, as they are, without covering them up or grasping after their perceptions."
眼睛看到什么、耳朵听到什么，都不追逐，也不讨厌，这样去练习，这个也不容易，很难。凡夫就是听到或者看到什么就执着什么，时时都在执着，生烦恼。刚开始我们只能练习一些比较容易的对境。
Whatever you see or hear, don't chase or dislike it. Practice like this. It's not easy. Ordinary beings are always attached to what they see or hear, and are constantly disturbed by afflictions. At the beginning, we can only practice with easier objects.
不仅眼睛，耳朵也是一样。听一切声音，任何声音你听着都是很自然的。刚开始我们对一些噪音可能会生烦恼，但是你可以把噪音观想成咒音，来对治你的烦恼。
This also applies to ears. Listen to any sound naturally. At first, we may get upset over some noises, but we can visualize them as mantras to deal with our afflictions.
如果我们转变心态，就会发现这种观想反而可以帮助你打通气脉，关键还是你自己的心态起决定作用。
If we change our mindset, we will find that this visualization can actually help open our energy channels. The key is our mindset.
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