时间：10/17/2026 10/18/2026
地点：星湖禅修中心
主讲：龙示林
打坐参禅
觉性本具：无须追求
“觉性本具”并不是一句安慰性的口号，而是对当下经验事实的直接指出。许多修行困扰，源于把觉醒当成未来目标、把清明当成稀缺状态；然而，正是这种追求遮蔽了正在发生的觉知。理解“无须追求”，并非停止修行，而是纠正方向：从寻找觉性，转为认出觉性。
一、何谓“觉性”：不是状态，而是能力
1. 非特殊境界
觉性不等同于宁静、喜悦或光明体验。
2. 是正在知道
任何经验出现时，皆被觉知。
3. 不因内容改变
清楚不随经验好坏增减。
二、为何会误以为需要追求
1. 把觉性对象化
将“清醒”当成可获得之物。
2. 被比较心驱动
以他人经验衡量自己。
3. 误解修行语言
把指引当成目标。
三、“追求”如何遮蔽觉性
1. 制造时间距离
把清醒推向未来。
2. 加重心理用力
努力本身成为干扰。
3. 强化主体感
形成“我在修、我未得”的结构。
四、无须追求的真实含义：转向当下
1. 停止寻找
放下对“该有状态”的期待。
2. 回看正在发生
此刻是否有知道在。
3. 承认已在
觉性并未缺席。
五、从“找觉性”到“认觉性”的转向
1. 从内容到知
关注“知道”而非“被知道”。
2. 从用力到放松
松开维持与改善。
3. 从判断到承认
不评估好坏，只认事实。
六、常见误解澄清
1. 无须追求不是放弃练习
练习用于熟悉，而非获得。
2. 无须追求不是消极
觉知反而更主动。
3. 无须追求不是否定进步
进步是遮蔽减少。
七、如何在练习中落实“不追求”
1. 以短回归为主
频繁认出而非久坐追求。
2. 状态来去不评
清明与昏沉皆可看。
3. 生活中反复确认
行走、说话、工作时皆可认。
八、觉性本具的体验特征
1. 轻松而清楚
少了用力感。
2. 平常而稳定
不依赖特殊条件。
3. 去中心化
“我在觉”的感觉减弱。
九、从觉性本具到自然行动
1. 行动更贴合现实
少理想化，多回应。
2. 情绪更易流动
不再被抓取。
3. 关系更少对抗
理解先于立场。
总结
“觉性本具：无须追求”并非否定修行，而是纠正修行的起点；当停止把清醒当作目标，觉性反而显现得更清楚。修行不在于获得什么，而在于一次次认出早已在场的“知道”；当追求松开、认出频繁，觉性便从偶尔体验转为生活中稳定可回归的事实。
Date: 10/17/2026 10/18/2026
Location: Star Lake Meditation Center
Teacher: Shilin Long
Sitting Meditation
Innate Awareness: Nothing to Seek
“Innate awareness” is not a comforting slogan but a direct statement of present fact. Many difficulties in practice arise from treating awakening as a future goal and clarity as a rare state. This very pursuit obscures the awareness that is already operating. “Nothing to seek” does not mean abandoning practice; it means correcting direction—from searching for awareness to recognizing it.
1. What Is Awareness?
1. Not a special state
Awareness is not identical with calm, bliss, or light.
2. The fact of knowing
Whatever appears is known.
3. Unchanged by content
Clarity does not rise or fall with experience.
2. Why We Believe We Must Seek It
1. Objectifying awareness
Treating clarity as something to acquire.
2. Comparison-driven effort
Measuring oneself against others’ experiences.
3. Misreading instructions
Mistaking pointers for goals.
3. How Seeking Obscures Awareness
1. Creating temporal distance
Pushing clarity into the future.
2. Adding unnecessary effort
Effort itself becomes interference.
3. Reinforcing subjectivity
“I am practicing; I have not attained.”
4. What “Nothing to Seek” Really Means
1. Ceasing the search
Dropping expectation of a required state.
2. Turning to what is happening
Is knowing present now?
3. Acknowledging presence
Awareness was never absent.
5. From Searching to Recognizing
1. From content to knowing
Attention shifts to the fact of awareness.
2. From effort to ease
Releasing maintenance and improvement.
3. From evaluation to acknowledgment
No ranking, just recognition.
6. Clearing Misunderstandings
1. Not abandoning practice
Practice builds familiarity, not acquisition.
2. Not passivity
Awareness becomes more responsive.
3. Not denying progress
Progress means fewer obscurations.
7. Practicing Without Seeking
1. Frequent brief recognition
Short returns over prolonged striving.
2. Non-judgment of states
Clarity and dullness are equally workable.
3. Verification in daily life
Walking, speaking, working all confirm.
8. Signs of Innate Awareness Being Recognized
1. Ease with clarity
Less strain.
2. Ordinary stability
Not dependent on special conditions.
3. Reduced sense of a knower
Less “I am aware.”
9. From Recognition to Natural Action
1. Actions fit reality better
Less idealization, more responsiveness.
2. Emotions flow freely
Less clinging.
3. Relationships soften
Understanding precedes position.
Conclusion
“Innate awareness, nothing to seek” does not dismiss practice; it reorients it. When awakening is no longer treated as a goal, awareness becomes unmistakably present. Practice shifts from acquiring to recognizing, from striving to familiarization. As seeking relaxes and recognition becomes frequent, awareness moves from occasional glimpse to a stable, accessible fact within everyday life.
