How to observe the mind, the founder of Buddhism, Yuan Yin, the old man: "Only observe the mind, often take the various methods, and save the most money." ",but how to mind? In this paper, Mr. Yin Lao has made many incisive expositions on this issue, especially the observation of daily life after meditation, the protection of the original heart, the observation and elimination of learning Buddhism, and whether the practice of learning Buddhism is useful. This is the key, I believe it is very helpful to the students. The following is a brief summary of Yuan Yin's exposition of mind-watching kung fu in his scattered works and expositions for your reference. First, after we learn Buddhism and monasticism to understand nature, we are endowed with. After seeing sex, there should be no training and no license, but I am not used to it. I still have to be tempted when I see the situation. I can't live and die, but I still have to train. Why do you say that? Because after you become a Buddha, you can't get the Buddha, so what else can you get? So there is no harvest; Since there is nothing, what can you prove? So it is undocumented; Nothing without a license, you are a Buddha, not a practitioner, so you didn't practice it. However, you can't change your habits, you still have to change them. How to fix it? Repairing without repairing is always observing, and don't repair it in any way. Therefore, the repairs that have not been repaired still need to be repaired. Second, the next seat is to observe the mind, that is, to concentrate and think, even if it is removed, when the mind is not up. If you only watch it for a long time, the mindfulness you see and the delusion you see will disappear together, and then you can see it yourself. This method is easy to do, and only well-prepared people can undertake it. Third, the concept of mind is to watch ideas warily. The idea came and asked where it came from; I stopped thinking and asked where it was going. Observing the mind means observing it, observing it and taking care of it, so that the mind will not be confused and restless. If you don't watch it, your mind is full of delusions and ideas, but you get used to it and don't feel confused. How can this work? So be alert and watch. Sincere, false, you have to find out. The heart of contemplation is still an illusion, because it is also a kind of heart. Without sincerity, this false heart will not come into being. False heart is really performed, and it is a wonderful use of the heart. When you are using it, that is, when you are looking at your heart, don't distinguish between true and false. When the mind is settled, the observable heart and observable thought will fall off for a period of time, and then "the observable heart will die", and the observable heart and observable thought will be gone. If you don't observe, you can't die, so you must observe ... observe the mind, not observe the meat ball, but observe the mind ... We practice the mind method and observe the mind. Hold a spell in your seat, listen to your mind, read every word clearly and listen clearly. Look under your seat and be alert to where your thoughts start, just like a cat catching a mouse. Read it together and you will understand. Don't follow it, don't move for the sake of the environment. There are two ways to do kung fu: one is to protect enlightenment after hearing it and knowing its nature, "stay, stay, travel and drift", always protect it, turn when you think of it, don't run with it, and insist on doing so. The other is to practice a specific method, or to recite Buddha, or to participate in meditation, or to practice meditation. Do kung fu not only in the seat, but also under the seat. Always observe and hold on to it, and it will be effective. Fourth, why keep observing? Because we have too many ideas, there are too many ideas at the moment. Because there are too many seeds in our eight-knowledge field, the good and the bad are hidden in it. For example, when we look at bananas, we only use our eyes, not our consciousness. Bananas are bananas. Eyes are like cameras. If you use consciousness, when you see a banana, you will think, "This is a banana. It is delicious. This one is big and that one is small. "So when you use consciousness, you will have a separated heart. So is the root of the ear. Consciousness runs with it, the news of the six senses is given to the seventh sense, and the seventh sense is passed to the eighth sense, and there is a seed. So always watch, what you see is: you will know when an idea moves, ignore it and look at the place where the idea comes from. Yesterday, someone asked me about meditation. He said he liked Zen meditation and asked, "Who is chanting Buddha? ",but always not suspicious. I said to him: meditation will cause doubts, and it will be bad if you don't meditate. Or in another way, the idea comes, and you ask where it comes from, not ignoring the idea, but pursuing its origin. When an idea dies, you ask where it is going, not to keep it, but to watch it die. Just like a cat catching a mouse, the cat crouches in the hole of the mouse, and as soon as the mouse is stirred, the cat jumps at it. The mouse is a metaphor for illusion. You are always as alert as a cat. When you think of an outcrop, you should immediately investigate where it comes from. Take a rest and you will see it disappear. This is meditation, the purpose of which is to make "thinking discontinuous". If you study hard for a long time, your thoughts will grow from maturity to maturity and your thoughts will grow from maturity to maturity. When the kung fu is mature, you feel the opportunity, and your visible heart and visible thoughts can't be seen in an instant. You die with a bang (mouth+strength) and even the roots fall off. Then you prove that it is a way. Sixth, always observe the seat next to you. This is more difficult, because people follow the realm. When I first got off the seat, I still had a fixed position, knowing that I had to look at myself and not move. However, as soon as I do something, I forget to observe and run away with the realm, just like when I don't meditate at ordinary times. This is not good. Therefore, when we sit down, we should be dead set on listening and listening. When we sit down, we should watch carefully and don't forget. However, it is easy for us to forget that when we have a heart-to-heart talk with a few friends, everything will be in chaos as soon as we start. When the idea comes, pull it back quickly and do it yourself. You must do this kung fu, or you can't go on the road.