【The Meditation Session – what to do in between sessions 】- persisting at mindfulness, you practice your mindfulness continuously with respect.

After practicing for a while, you will gradually, gradually… the mind state will certainly be calm and at ease, that is the sign of attaining the effect! In the beginning of your practice now, it requires tremendous joyous perseverance. That definitely must be flawless in each step!

So I have heard the teachings from Zen masters before, well, and I am constantly full of admiration! Zen masters said, what is studying Zen like? It is like going against the current in a boat. The current is like a waterfall. When the water falls, every minute it can pull your boat 100 feet further downstream. And for every minute you strive with all your effort against the current, you may advance 10 feet. However, pardon me, I will still try very hard to paddle upstream! By paddling with your greatest effort, the downstream pull will still happen, needless to say when you relax a bit. Well, it is interesting! As long as you are willing to apply this way, eventually success will occur.

SOURCE 来源 :

25A 25’22” Vol 4 of Master Jih-Chang’s Discourse P16 L5
English Lamrim Vol 1 P101

日常师父法语📡25A 25’22”手抄稿第4册P16 L5

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到修到后来的时候，你慢慢、慢慢地……是，心里面哪坦然无碍，那个是得到的果欸！你现在下面进去的时候，是要大精进力量，那的的确确是一步都不能差啊！

所以我以前哪，听见那个禅宗的那个老师的话，啊呀，我直感觉得真佩服! 他说学禅这东西，就像什么？就像逆水行舟。这个水是个瀑布，瀑流冲下来，它每一分钟冲下来，可以把你的船从这地方向下冲十丈，然后每分钟你拼命用足气力向上划，可以划上一丈，但是对不起，我还是拼命向上划！你拼命向上撑的话，还要退下来，何况你放松一点。嘿，妙咧！你只要肯这样去弄的话，弄到后来的话自然有成功的。