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The Wisdom of Zen  
By Zen Master Miao Tien  Edited by Tom Harper
智慧禪法
文／悟覺妙天禪師
譯／湯姆．赫伯

The characteristics of Zen include both “motion” and “stillness”. It can be of both extreme motion and extreme stillness. Take the earth for example, the earth is a part of Zen. The North and South Poles are always in motion, while the center of earth is motionless. Our senses, however, cannot feel any difference in it at all. We never feel the revolving of the earth even though we are on it at all times, for it is beyond the scope of our human senses.
禪的特性包含了「動」與「靜」；是極動，又極靜。以地球來說，地球是「禪」本體的一部份，它的南極與北極是「動」的，但它的中心卻是「靜」的，我們的
感官並不能感覺到這兩者的差異，因為它已經超越了人類感官的活動範圍；就像我們生活在地球上，卻不覺得地球在轉動一樣。

Entering the realm of the “Zen Method of Wisdom” is like entering the center of the earth; one does not feel anything at all. Just as the center of the earth is full of precious riches, the level of our wisdom is also full of unimaginable treasures. If you want to mine precious minerals, you don’t merely dig into the shallow surface of a hill. To mine coal, we must dig deep into the earth to find coal mines, not to mention gold or diamond mines.
進入到「智慧禪法」，就如同進入到地球的核心一樣，沒有一點感覺。在地球的核心裡，蘊藏了許多的寶藏；而在我們的智慧層次裡，同樣也蘊藏了許多不
可思議的寶藏。如果大家要挖寶，不能只在山頭上淺淺地挖，要像挖煤礦一樣，必須挖得夠深才能採到煤，更何況是要挖鑽石、挖金礦！

Meditation is the only way we can enter the level of wisdom and dig out its treasures.If we remain only at the level of consciousness and are not able to transcend it, it is like trying to mine treasures in the surface of a hill; we can waste all of our time and never find the treasures hidden deep within.
而要進入智慧的領域，挖掘智慧的寶藏。必須透過「禪定」的方法，否則就好像只在整座山的表面上挖掘，雖然花了很多時間，也開採不到深藏在山裡最完
美的寶藏。
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（摘自禪教雜誌）