禪關策進 1.105

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靜琳禪師。棄講習禪。昏睡惑心。有懸崖。下望千仞。旁出一樹。以草藉之。趺坐其上。一心繫念。動經宵日。怖死既重。專精不二。後遂超悟。

Chan Master Jinglin abandoned lecturing to practice Chan. When drowsiness and sleep confused his mind, there was a hanging cliff looking down thousands of fathoms, with a tree jutting out from its side; he used grass as a mat and sat cross-legged upon it. Single-mindedly tying his thoughts, this went on for days and nights. Because his terror of death was grave, his concentration was undivided; later he thereupon attained transcendent awakening.