【The Meditation Session – Actual Session - how to sustain meditation in general 修持轨理 正行 - 总共修法】sustain your meditation with mindfulness and vigilance 应具足忆念正知1

【The Meditation Session – Actual Session - how to sustain meditation in general 】- sustain your meditation with mindfulness and vigilance

【Without exceeding or falling short of what you have determined, sustain your meditation with mindfulness and vigilance. 】

At that time, sustain both without missing any part of it – what are they? These words “mindfulness” and “vigilance.” All meditation is incorporated within these words. One is the “mindfulness,” and the other is “vigilance” – this is the proper mindfulness and proper perception. So during the actual session, you can be very clear about what you are doing. If you are into chanting Buddha’s name, in the moment of chanting it is clear and explicit. This is known as “mindfulness.” Besides, you are aware of your chanting and allow it to continue. Because you have this vigilance when doing it right, you will let it continue, otherwise, you bring it back right away. This is known as mindfulness and vigilance. However, these two require much study, they will be discussed in great detail all the way till the meditative serenity section [v.3]. If we hear about it now and abide by it to practice, sorry to say, only if you have great virtuous roots the advancement will be very quick. Otherwise, upon hearing it and you try to figure it out, more fumbling leads to more mistakes.

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24B 03’00” Vol 3 of Master Jih-Chang’s Discourse P272 LL2
English Lamrim Vol 1 P100

日常师父法语📡24B 03’00”手抄稿第3册P272 LL2

修持轨理 正行 - 总共修法 : 应具足忆念正知1

【即应具足忆念正知，而正修习，如所决定，令无增减。】

那时候应该具足，一点都不能少，什么？“忆念正知”四个字，整个的修行就在这四个字当中，一个“念”、一个“知”，这个是正念跟正知。所以你正式修行的时候非常清楚，如果说你念佛的话，当下这句佛号清清楚楚、明明白白，这个叫“正念”。然后你也晓得自己在正念上面，那就让它去。因为你有正知在，所以它如果对的，你让它去，如果不对，你随时拉回来，这个就叫正念、正知。但是这两个一样东西，它是个大学问，一直要到最后讲到奢摩他的时候详细讲。我们现在是听见了照着去修，对不起，你有大善根很快上去，如果你没善根，听见了这个你去摸，怎么摸就怎么错。