
时间:12/06/2025 12/07/2025
地点:星湖禅修中心
主讲:龙示林
打坐参禅
打坐中体验“无我”的可能性
“无我”并不是否定生命的存在,也不是要把自己消灭,而是看见:我们所执着的“我”,其实只是念头、感受、记忆、身体反应的集合,而非一个固定不变的主体。打坐是体验“无我”的最佳途径之一,因为静坐让心回到最原始的觉知,使人有机会直接观察自我如何形成,又如何自然消散。
一、什么是“无我”:没有固定的“我”,只有不断变化的经验
1. “我”不是实体
它无法被找到,也没有固定形状。
2. “我”是因缘的组合
由念头、情绪、感受、习惯暂时构成。
3. “我”是不断变化的过程
每一刻都不相同。
二、为什么打坐更容易体验无我:心静故能照见
1. 静下来后,念头变慢
心不再被高速的思绪遮蔽。
2. 觉知变得清晰
能观察到感受、情绪、念头的来去。
3. 观察者与被观察之间出现距离
这个“距离”让你看见:“我不是念头”。
三、体验无我的核心:观察“我是如何被制造的”
1. 当念头出现时,习惯立刻说“这是我”
其实“我是难过”“我生气”,只是语言习惯。
2. 当念头被看清,它就失去力量
你看见了“念头只是在来去”。
3. 当没有念头时,“我”也暂时不存在
但觉知仍然在。
四、打坐引发“无我体验”的三个关键过程
1. 见念头生灭
看到念头一闪而起,一闪而灭,没有主人。
2. 见感受变化
痛、麻、紧绷都在来去,不属于“我”。
3. 见情绪不是“我”
情绪像天气,来就来,走就走。
五、“无我体验”可能出现的状态:自然、轻盈、明亮
1. 身体感变得轻
像是躯体不再有清晰边界。
2. 心变得很亮
觉知比平时更清楚。
3. 体验者消失
只剩下体验的流动,没有“我在体验”。
六、常见误解:无我不是麻木,也不是消失
1. 不是昏沉或空白
昏沉是无觉知,无我是清醒的觉知。
2. 不是变成没有情绪
情绪仍然会出现,只是不执着。
3. 不是存在被否定
而是指出:没有独立、永恒的“我”。
七、无我体验的价值:放下执着,心自然解脱
1. 痛苦减少
因为没有“我”被攻击,情绪不再那么强烈。
2. 冲突减少
看见他人也是因缘所成,更容易理解。
3. 自由增加
不再被情绪、习惯拉走。
总结
无我不是思想,而是体验;不是概念,而是觉知;不是消失,而是看清。在打坐中,当念头、感受与情绪被清楚地观察时,“我”的幻象自然松动,无我的可能性便在当下显现。真正的自由来自:不再被“我”的幻觉束缚。
Date: 12/06/2025 12/07/2025
Location: Star Lake Meditation Center
Teacher: Shilin Long
Sitting Meditation
Experiencing “No-Self” During Meditation
“No-self” does not mean that life doesn’t exist or that the individual should be erased. It means recognizing that the “self” we cling to is not a solid entity, but a collection of thoughts, sensations, emotions, and memories. Meditation provides the ideal setting to observe how the sense of self arises and how it dissolves.
1. What Is No-Self? No Fixed Entity, Only Changing Processes
1. The self is not a solid thing
It cannot be located or defined.
2. The self is a temporary combination of conditions
Thoughts, habits, sensations, and emotions.
3. The self is a process
Changing moment to moment.
2. Why Meditation Makes No-Self Easier to Experience
1. Thoughts slow down in stillness
Less distraction allows clearer observation.
2. Awareness becomes sharper
Sensations and emotions are seen as they are.
3. A gap forms between observer and mental activity
You begin to see that “I am not my thoughts.”
3. The Core of No-Self Experience: Seeing How “I” Is Constructed
1. Thoughts arise and the mind automatically claims them
Like “I am sad” or “I am angry.”
2. When thoughts are seen clearly, they lose power
They simply come and go.
3. When no thought is present, the self also disappears
But awareness remains.
4. Three Key Processes Leading to No-Self Experience
1. Seeing thoughts arise and pass
There is no thinker behind them.
2. Seeing changing sensations
Pain and tingling are events, not identity.
3. Seeing emotions as weather patterns
They arise due to conditions, not because of “me.”
5. Possible No-Self States: Lightness, Clarity, Effortlessness
1. A sense of bodily lightness
The boundary of the body may feel unclear.
2. A bright, clear mind
Awareness becomes steady and vivid.
3. Absence of the experiencer
Only experience remains, without “me experiencing it.”
6. Common Misunderstandings: No-Self Is Not Numbness or Nonexistence
1. Not dullness
Dullness lacks awareness; no-self is heightened awareness.
2. Not lack of emotion
Emotions arise but no longer dominate.
3. Not denial of existence
It simply denies a permanent, independent self.
7. The Value of No-Self Experience: Freedom Through Non-Clinging
1. Less suffering
There is no “self” to defend or protect.
2. Less interpersonal conflict
Others are seen as conditioned beings.
3. Greater inner freedom
The mind becomes less reactive and more spacious.
Conclusion
No-self is not a philosophy but a direct experience.When thoughts, sensations, and emotions are clearly observed,the illusion of a solid “I” naturally dissolves.Meditation reveals that awareness continues without an owner,and true freedom comes from letting go of the illusion of self.