Q23: Venerable Sir, is there any kind of pain or discomfort which belongs to the practice itself? If so, how do we have to deal with it?

问23：尊者，是否有某种属于禅修本身的疼痛或不适？如果有，我们如何应对？

Yes, you may experience several kinds of unpleasant sensations like itchiness, heat, pain, ache, heaviness, stiffness and so on when your concentration gets very strong. They tend to disappear once you stop practice. But, they may reappear if you resume your practice. Then, that is surely not a disease or illness, but just unpleasant sensation which belongs to the practice. Don’t worry. If you keep on noting, eventually it will fade away.

是，当定力变得很强时，你可能经历好几种不愉快的觉受如痒、热、疼、痛、重、绷等等，一旦你停止禅修它们就趋于消失，但当你重新开始禅修它们可能再现。此时确实不是生病，而只是属于禅修的不愉快觉受，不要担心。如果你不断观照，它们最终会消失。