禪關策進 1.94

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坐中所見善惡。皆由坐時。不起觀察。不正思惟。但只瞑目靜坐。心不精采。意順境流。半夢半醒。或貪著靜境。為樂致見種種境界。夫正因做工夫者。當睡便睡一覺。一醒便起。抖擻精神。挪挱眼目。咬住牙根。揑緊拳頭。直看話頭落在何處。切莫隨昏隨沈。絲毫外境不可采著○行住坐臥之中。一句彌陀莫斷。須信因深果深。直教不念自念。若能念念不空。管取念成一片。當念認得。念人彌陀與我同現。

"Good and bad seen during sitting all arise because during sitting, one does not arouse contemplation and does not think correctly, but only closes the eyes and sits quietly. When the mind lacks brilliance and intention flows along with objects, one is half-asleep and half-awake; or one greedily clings to quiet states as joy, causing various realms to appear. As for one who applies effort with the correct cause: when it is time to sleep, sleep a single slumber; as soon as you wake, immediately get up, shake up your spirits, rub your eyes, bite down on your molars, clench your fists tightly, and look straight at where the huatou lands. By all means do not follow along with torpor and sinking; do not attend to the slightest external object. In the midst of walking, standing, sitting, and lying down, let not the single phrase 'Amitābha' be interrupted. You must believe that deep cause brings deep fruit, continuing straight until it recites itself without reciting. If you can make thought after thought not empty, you will surely recite until it is fused into one whole. In this very thought recognize it: the reciting person and Amitābha appear together with me."