【The Meditation Session – what to do in between sessions 】- What to do in between meditation
sessions

【What to do in between meditation sessions. In general, there are many things to be done
between meditation sessions, such as obeisance, circumambulation, and recitation [of prayers
and scripture]. However, the principal thing to do in this context is as follows.
After you have made an effort to meditate in the actual session and are at the point of ending
the session, you might not continue to rely on mindfulness and vigilance, and might instead
completely let go of what should be sustained–the object of meditation and its subjective
aspects. If you do so, your progress will be extremely small. 】

To sum up, between the two meditation sessions - this is between the previous and the next
sessions. In other words, when we end the meditation, for instance, other than the morning and
evening sessions or when you are working on your own study, during all other times, of course,
you can still arrange your individual schedule. Here, it lists obeisance, circumambulation, and
reading texts, and many more. So later the text will tell us what is the most important. First, it tells
us the principle of the actual session. Certainly, during the actual session, one must strive at it.
Once it has ended, “after you have made an effort to meditate,” get off the meditation seat and
before the next session, during that time, if you do not pay attention to it, [thinking,] “alas, after
all this hard work, just take a break, chat for awhile, have some fun, then come back.” This is the
time you would lose “the object of meditation and its subjective aspects.” This will not work.

SOURCE 来源 :

24A 08’26” Vol 4 of Master Jih-Chang’s Discourse P7 LL6
English Lamrim Vol 1 P100

日常师父法语📡24A 08’26”手抄稿第4册P7 LL6

修持轨理 - 未修中间 : 未修中间如何行者

【未修中间如何行者。总之虽有礼拜旋绕及读诵等，多可行事，然今此中正主要者，谓于正修时励力修已，未修之间，若于所修行相所缘，不依念知，任其逸散，则所生德，极其微尠。】

总之，这个两个座之间，就前面一座跟后面一座之间。换句话说，我们离开了这个修行，譬如说：离开了早晚殿，或者你自己做的功课以外，那么其他的时候，当然你还是可以，个人有个人的安排。现在这个地方是举说礼拜啊、然后呢绕佛啊、读诵经典哪，有很多的。那么最主要的是什么？下面告诉我们，先告诉我们这个道理。所谓正修的时候，那么当然那个正修的时候，一定是努力去修；等到下了座，“励力修已”那么下了座完结了，下面一座还没有来的时候，那个中间哪，假定你就这样不管它了，“哎呀，辛辛苦苦弄了半天了。然后休息一下，聊聊天，玩一玩再来。”这个时候就是把“所修行相所缘”散失掉了，这个是不行的。