The Simple Path

　　简易之道

Traditionally the Eightfold Path is taught with eight steps such as Right Understanding, Right Speech, Right Concentration, and so forth. But the true Eightfold Path is within us-two eyes, two ears, two nostrils, a tongue, and a body. These eight doors are our entire Path and the mind is the one that walks on the Path. Know these doors, examine them, and all the dharmas will be revealed.

　　照惯例而言，八正道是以八个步骤来说明的，如：正见、正语和正定等等……。但是，真正的八正道是在我们内在的──双眼、双耳、双鼻孔、舌头和身体。这八道根门是我们整个的“道”，而心则是走在“道”上的人。认识这些根门、审视这些根门，所有的法便会显现出来。

The heart of the path is SO simple. No need for long explanations. Give up clinging to love and hate, just rest with things as they are. That is all I do in my own practice.

　　心灵之道是如此的简单，不需要长篇大论的说明。舍弃对爱、恨的执取，让事物顺其自然。这就是我在修行中所做的一切。

Do not try to become anything. Do not make yourself into anything. Do not be a meditator. Do not become enlightened. When you sit, let it be. When you walk, let it be. Grasp at nothing. Resist nothing.

　　不要试图想成为什么，也不要让自己成为什么。不要做禅修者，也不要想开悟。打坐时，让它顺其自然，行走时，也顺其自然。一无所执，也一无所治。

Of course, there are dozens of meditation techniques to develop samadhi and many kinds of vipassana. But it all comes back to this-just let it all be. Step over here where it is cool, out of the battle.

　　没错，增长三摩地和昆婆舍那的禅坐方法有十几来种，但它们全都归回这点──放下一切。跳出热恼之地，走到这清凉的地方吧!

Why not give it a try? Do you dare?

　　为何不试试看呢?你敢吗？