Q27: Would it not be harmful to one’s health if one practiced too intensively?

问27：如果一个人太强化地禅修会有害于健康吗？

It is said in the pali texts: “kaye ca jivite ca anapekkhatam upatthapeti = with no regards to one’s life and limbs.” This encourages one to practice with heroic effort, even to sacrifice one’s life and limbs. Some may think: “how horrible the practice is!” In fact, no one has died from intensive practice, and it is not even harmful to one’s health. Actually, there are many testimonies that some people have been cured of chronic diseases by practicing this meditation.

巴利经典说，“kaye ca jivite ca anapekkhatam upatthapeti = 不顾自己的生命和肢体”，就是鼓励一个人以英雄般的精进进行禅修，甚至不顾牺牲自己的生命和肢体。有人可能想“修行太可怕了！”事实上，没人因为强化地禅修而死去，甚至也对健康无害。实际上，有很多例证显示有人修这个法治好了慢性疾病。