一腳踢倒虛妄
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曾經，有一位百丈禪師，他要找尋一塊清靜地給更多人來修行，好不容易的看到「溈山」這個地方，覺得景色秀麗，是個非常適合修行的好地方，但是一間廟，還需要有個修養好的人來帶領。
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百丈禪師座下有2位首席優秀弟子「華林」與「靈祐」！但百丈禪師認為，光憑他的一句話，尚且不能服眾，就說：「我出個題目，你們誰能說出一句直入印心的話，就能夠成為溈山的住持。」
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百丈禪師指著座前的淨瓶說：「這個不得叫淨瓶，你們喚作什麼？」
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華林說：「淨瓶非瓷也非泥。」
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百丈禪師搖搖頭，顯然對這個回答並不滿意。
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靈祐二話不說，走過來竟一腳踢倒了淨瓶。
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大眾驚呼了一聲，百丈禪師卻笑著說：「住持就是你了(指靈祐)」。
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故事說到這兒，請問大家：「華林為什麼輸呢？」
因為「淨瓶非瓷也非泥」還在文字、外貌、長相中打轉啊。而靈祐一腳踢倒了淨瓶，表示出他心無所執，唯有打破這個外相，就能夠重新捏塑成為嶄新的事物。
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「淨瓶」不過是因緣所成，假名淨瓶，靈祐禪師以大氣魄把假相踢倒，正是成就新事物的開始啊。
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「一切有為法，如夢幻泡影，如露亦如電，應作如是觀。---金剛經」
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One kick removes false forms
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Once, there was a meditator named Baizhang. He wanted to find a peaceful place for people to meditate and self-cultivate. After much effort, he finally found MountWei. With its beautiful scenery, Mount Wei was an ideal place for self-cultivation. However, Baizhang had another problem in hand- he needed a virtuous person to be the head of the monastery.
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Meditator Baizhang had two outstanding disciples 「Hualin」 and 「Lingyou」! However, he felt that people would not be fully convinced if he decided on the abbot of the monastery himself without subjecting his two disciples to a fair test. Hence he told them: “I will come up with a question. Whoever is able to provide me with a satisfactory answer shall be the abbot of the new monastery.”
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Meditator Baizhang pointed at the vase in front of him and asked: “What is this?”
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Hualin replied: “The vase is neither porcelain nor clay.”
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Meditator Baizhang shook his head. Apparently he was not satisfied with the answer.
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Without a word, Lingyou walked towards the vase and gave it a kick. The vase shattered into pieces.
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Everyone was caught by surprise and gasped in shock. However, Meditator Baizhang smilingly said to Lingyou: “You are the abbot of the new monastery.”
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At this point in time, I would like to pause and ask: “Why did Hualin lose to Lingyou?” This was because the reply of Hualin that “vase is neither porcelain nor clay is still restricted to words, forms and appearances while Lingyou’s bold kick showed he was not attached to anything. Only by destroying the physical form of the vase can we start to mould something new.
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By chance, the 「vase」 takes on its physical form as a vase. When meditator Lingyou kicks and breaks the physical form of the vase with boldness, it marks the commencement of something new.
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「Everything in existence is like a dream, an illusion, like a tiny drop of dew or a flash of lightning.
This is how we should contemplate our conditioned existence. ---The Diamond Sutra」
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