时间：03/15/2025 03/16/2025
地点：星河禅修中心
主讲：黄云全
打坐参禅
如何避免执着于定境
禅定带来的宁静、轻安、喜悦、清明，都可能成为修行者最容易执着的“甜蜜陷阱”。定境本身没有问题，但对定境的贪恋、追逐与自我认同，会阻碍智慧的生起。要真正走向解脱，需要学会享受定境而不执着其中。
一、为什么容易执着定境？
1.定境让身心极度舒适
轻安、宁静、喜悦让人自然想停留。
2.定境比日常状态更“好”
心少烦恼、身体放松，很容易认为“这就是修行的成果”。
3.自我喜欢把定境当成成就
心会偷偷想：“我比别人修得好。”
4.定境出现时带来的神秘感
光亮、轻盈、扩张感、震动感，容易让人误会为“开悟”。
执着便在无声无息中形成。
二、执着定境会带来什么问题？
1.修行停滞不前
心只想追求舒服，不愿进入观察与洞察。
2.容易挫折
当定境消失时，会感到失落、懊悔、怀疑。
3.产生“修行我慢”
认为自己比别人更有境界。
4.无法进入真实的智慧
执着就是束缚，是洞察的最大障碍。
三、如何正确面对定境？
1.把定境当成“自然现象”
它来是正常的，它走也是正常的。
就像天气变化，无需抓住。
2.不把定境当成果
定境是因缘组合，并非功德或成就。
3.回到呼吸或觉知本身
定境出现时，不要追逐；只需回到稳稳的觉知基础。
4.保持轻松的观察态度
不兴奋、不紧张、不期待，不把定境当宝物。
5.用定境培养更深的明觉
定境是工具，不是目的；借助安定的心，更清楚地观察无常。
四、定境出现时的正确心态
1.这一切都是变化
再强烈的喜悦、轻安，也会消失。
2.没有一个“我”在拥有定境
定境不是“我在进入”，而是“现象正在发生”。
3.不排斥、不执著、不兴奋
只是知道：
“定境生起了，现在正在变化。”
4.保持柔和而开放的觉知
让心在安定中继续清醒，而不是沉迷。
五、避免执着的实修方法
1.把注意放在“生灭”上
观察定境如何生起、停留、变化、消失。
看到无常，自然不会执着。
2.在定中继续觉察细微变化
呼吸、身体、念头仍有微动，一旦观察，心就不会迷失。
3.练习观照“喜欢与不喜欢”的心
看到喜欢，就是防止执着的第一步。
4.记住修行的方向是“智慧”
不是追求境界，而是看见真相。
总结
定境是修行路上的良伴，却不是终点。不追、不避、不抓、不喜，让心在安定中继续观察变化，自然不会执着，也能让智慧稳稳生起。
Date: 03/15/2025 03/16/2025
Location: Star River Meditation Center
Teacher: Yunquan Huang
Sitting Meditation
How to Avoid Attachment to Meditative States
Meditative states—calmness, lightness, joy, clarity—can feel wonderful, yet they easily become traps. The states themselves are not the problem; attachment to them is. To progress toward true insight, one must learn to experience meditative states without clinging to them.
1.Why Do We Get Attached to Meditative States?
1.They feel exceptionally pleasant
Stillness and ease are deeply attractive.
2.They are better than normal mental states
Fewer thoughts and less stress create a sense of achievement.
3.The ego likes to claim them
“I’m progressing,” “I’m attaining something.”
4.Some states feel mysterious or profound
Light, spaciousness, vibrations—easily mistaken for enlightenment.
Attachment forms subtly and quietly.
2.What Problems Arise from Attachment?
1.Stagnation
The mind chases comfort and avoids deeper insight practice.
2.Disappointment and frustration
When the state fades, the mind suffers.
3.Spiritual pride
Comparing oneself to others.
4.Obstruction of wisdom
Clinging blinds the mind.
3.The Right Way to Relate to Meditative States
1.Treat them as natural phenomena
They arise; they pass. Just like weather.
2.Do not treat them as accomplishments
They are conditions, not achievements.
3.Return to the breath or bare awareness
Anchor the mind in simplicity.
4.Stay relaxed and observant
Neither excitement nor fear.
5.Use the calmness as a base for insight
The goal is understanding, not enjoying.
4.The Correct Attitude When States Arise
1.Everything is impermanent
Even the most refined states fade.
2.No “self” possesses these states
They happen; they are not “mine.”
3.No grasping or rejecting
Simply know:“A meditative state has arisen and is changing.”
4.Soft, open awareness
Remaining clear prevents getting lost.
5.Practical Methods to Avoid Attachment
1.Observe the arising and dissolving of the state
Seeing impermanence weakens clinging.
2.Continue noticing subtle movements
Breath, body, thoughts—still changing.
3.Observe liking and disliking
Knowing liking prevents attachment.
4.Remember the purpose: wisdom
The objective is insight, not pleasant states.
Conclusion
Meditative states are helpful companions,but never the destination.By not grasping them and continuing to observe change,the mind remains free,and wisdom grows naturally out of calm clarity.
