
时间:02/28/2026 03/01/2026
地点:星湖禅修中心
主讲:龙示林
打坐参禅
什么是悟?破迷开悟的真义
“悟”是禅修中最常被提及、也最容易被误解的词。有人把悟当成特殊体验,有人把悟等同于情绪高峰,也有人以为悟是彻底没有烦恼。实际上,悟并不是获得了什么新的东西,而是看清了一直存在却被忽略的事实。所谓“破迷开悟”,不是创造觉醒,而是破除迷误,让本来清楚的心显现。
一、什么是“迷”:并非无知,而是错认
1. 把念头当成自己
认为“我就是这些想法与情绪”。
2. 把感觉当成实相
把短暂的体验当成永恒的真理。
3. 把概念当成现实
用语言与判断替代直接经验。
二、什么是“悟”:不是得到,而是看破
1. 看破认同
发现念头、情绪并不是“我”。
2. 看破执着
明白抓取与抗拒本身制造痛苦。
3. 看破虚构
看见自我与世界的很多想法只是习惯性的构造。
三、悟不是一种状态,而是一种“看见方式”
1. 状态会变化
清明、平静、喜乐都会来去。
2. 悟是洞见
是一种对实相的直接理解。
3. 悟不依赖感觉
即使平淡,洞见仍然成立。
四、破迷的过程:从“被带走”到“能照见”
1. 迷时:念头主导
心随境转,不自觉。
2. 半悟:开始看见
知道念头在发生,却仍易被拉走。
3. 悟时:照见而不住
念头生灭清楚,却不再认同。
五、开悟的核心特征:明白而不执取
1. 明白无常
一切现象都会变化。
2. 明白无我
没有固定不变的主体。
3. 明白不需抓取
觉知本身已足够。
六、常见误解:对“悟”的三种偏差理解
1. 以为悟后不再起念
实际上,念头仍会出现。
2. 以为悟等于完美人格
悟不是性格改造工程。
3. 以为悟可被复制或展示
悟无法被表演,只能被验证。
七、悟与修的关系:悟是方向,修是落实
1. 无悟而修,容易迷路
不知所向,易流于形式。
2. 有悟不修,容易退失
洞见若不巩固,会被习气覆盖。
3. 悟修相资,才能成熟
在生活中反复验证与深化。
八、如何在日常中检验是否“真悟”
1. 烦恼是否减少
不是消失,而是影响力下降。
2. 反应是否变慢
刺激与回应之间有空间。
3. 是否更贴近现实
不逃避生活,不神秘化经验。
总结
悟不是奇迹,也不是终点,而是一次根本性的看清。破的是对“我”、对“世界”、对“体验”的误认;开的是对当下实相的如实照见。当迷被破,悟自然现;当悟被落实,修行才真正开始。真正的开悟,不在言辞中高谈,而在日常中少迷、多醒。
Date: 02/28/2026 03/01/2026
Location: Star Lake Meditation Center
Teacher: Shilin Long
Sitting Meditation
What Is Awakening? The True Meaning of Breaking Delusion
“Awakening” is one of the most frequently used—and most misunderstood—terms in Zen. Some equate it with peak experiences, others with emotional bliss, and some believe it means the end of all problems. In reality, awakening is not gaining something new, but clearly seeing what has always been present. To “break delusion and awaken” is to remove misunderstanding, allowing natural clarity to reveal itself.
1. What Is Delusion? Not Ignorance, but Misidentification
1. Identifying with thoughts
Believing “I am my thoughts and emotions.”
2. Taking sensations as ultimate reality
Mistaking temporary experiences for truth.
3. Confusing concepts with direct experience
Replacing reality with mental labels.
2. What Is Awakening? Not Attainment, but Seeing Through
1. Seeing through identification
Recognizing that thoughts and emotions are not the self.
2. Seeing through attachment
Understanding that clinging and resistance create suffering.
3. Seeing through mental constructions
Noticing how the sense of self and world is fabricated.
3. Awakening Is Not a State, but a Way of Seeing
1. States come and go
Calm, clarity, and joy are impermanent.
2. Awakening is insight
A direct understanding of reality.
3. Awakening does not depend on feeling
Even ordinary moments can carry insight.
4. The Process of Breaking Delusion
1. Deluded: thoughts dominate
The mind is carried by conditions.
2. Partial insight: seeing begins
Thoughts are noticed but still pull attention.
3. Awakening: seeing without clinging
Thoughts arise and pass without identification.
5. Core Characteristics of Awakening
1. Understanding impermanence
All phenomena change.
2. Understanding no-self
There is no fixed, independent entity.
3. Understanding non-grasping
Awareness itself is sufficient.
6. Common Misunderstandings About Awakening
1. Believing thoughts will stop
Thoughts continue to arise.
2. Believing awakening creates a perfect personality
Awakening is not personality editing.
3. Believing awakening can be displayed
It must be lived, not shown.
7. Relationship Between Awakening and Practice
1. Practice without insight lacks direction
It risks becoming mechanical.
2. Insight without practice fades
Habits can obscure clarity.
3. Insight and practice mature together
Daily life deepens realization.
8. How to Verify Awakening in Daily Life
1. Reduced suffering
Problems arise, but grip weakens.
2. Slower reactivity
Space appears before response.
3. Greater groundedness
Less escape into concepts or mysticism.
Conclusion
Awakening is neither miracle nor endpoint,but a fundamental clarification.Delusion is broken by seeing through false identification;awakening opens by recognizing reality as it is.When delusion falls away, awakening appears naturally.When awakening is lived, practice truly begins.True awakening is not proclaimed in words,but revealed in a life that is less confused and more awake.