Tergar Asia 8 Days Retreat in Thailand (2018) - 7A

■走到陽光下，讓太陽照到你；祈請，讓加持來臨

現在我們觀想金剛薩埵就在我們前方的虚空。

只要你想著金剛薩埵在我們前方的虚空，他就在這裡，因為對金剛薩埵來說，沒有遠近、前後、上下的差別，因為覺知是無所不在的，但同時也不在一處；

所以金剛薩埵是無所不在，但不在一處，但你却不是無所不在，你在這個小小房間裡，在這小小身體裡，當你在這房間裡，就不在別的房間，向前看時就不向後看，對我們來說，不是黑就是白，很侷限，但當我們完全認證心性時，我們就跟金剛薩埵一樣。

所以我們現在就向金剛薩埵請求，請他賜予灌頂。

所以當你向金剛薩埵祈請時，金剛薩埵不只是覺知而已，還有悲心，他的大悲心是隨時準備好利益眾生的，就像天上的太陽，隨時都放射陽光。

然而，雖然太陽如此光燦的照射著，但如果你不走到陽光下也照不到。

所以我們要祈請加持，加持是一種緣起的正向力量。金剛薩埵圓滿證悟到心性，我們透過祈請，得到加持，修持自然而然的能證悟到心性。

前天我們說過，為了長成一朵花，需要多少因和緣呢？

要有主要的因，和輔助的緣，花的主因是種子，緣是土壤、肥料、水份；

我們證悟的「種子」就是智慧，幫助我們證悟的「土壞、肥料、水份」，就是祈請等輔助條件。

所以加持就好像是有盞燈點著了，另一個燈沒點著，點著的燈火就碰觸沒點著的，沒點著的也可以點著。

（2018年「泰國八日禪」9月15日「金剛薩埵灌頂」明就仁波切開示摘要）

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■ To feel the sunlight, you need to walk under the sun; to receive blessings, pray

Now imagine Vajrasattva in the space before us.
If you imagine him here in the space before us, he will be here, because for Vajrasattva, there is no difference between near and far, front and back, up and down. 

Awareness is everywhere and nowhere. Therefore, Vajrasattva is everywhere and nowhere. 

But you are not everywhere. You are in this tiny, tiny room, in this tiny, tiny body. 

When you are in this small room, you are not in another room. If you are facing front, you cannot see the back. For us, things are either black or white – very limited. But when we fully recognise nature of mind, we will be just like Vajrasattva.

So now we pray to Vajrasattva to receive the empowerment.

As you pray to Vajrasattva, know that Vajrasattva is not just the embodiment of awareness, but also compassion. Because of his compassion, he is always ready to bring benefit to sentient beings, just like the sun that is always shining. But even though the sun is always shining, to feel the sunlight you still need to walk out under the sun. This is why we pray to receive blessings.

What are blessings? It is positive interdependence. 

If we pray to Vajrasattva, who has fully recognised nature of mind, we will receive blessings that will help us to further our practice so that we, too, may recognise nature of mind.

Remember what I said two days ago about the cause and conditions necessary for a flower to grow? There has to be a cause, which is the seed, and conditions, such as soil, fertilizer and water, for the flower to grow. 

The seed of our enlightenment is wisdom, and blessings act as one of the conditions we need – the soil, fertilizer and water of our enlightenment. 

Another way to understand blessings is: if you bring a lit lamp to one that is not lit, wick to wick, the unlit lamp will also be lit.

(Excerpt from Mingyur Rinpoche’s teaching on 15 Sept 2018 during the Vajrasattva empowerment at Tergar Asia’s 8-Day Retreat in Thailand)