英语经文English versionBuddha told Vajrapāṇi the Youth, "Go to Vimoksha and inquire about his illness."Vajrapāṇi the Youth replied to Buddha, "I cannot go to inquire about the illness." Why? Because I remember when I left the great city of Vaiśālī, Vimoksha just happened to enter the city. I asked, "Where is the place of practice?"He answered, "True sincerity within and no deceit without. A straightforward mind is the place of practice.If you start with the intention to practice the path, you can accomplish tasks for all beings, achieve all endeavors, and fulfill all actions. Such an intention is the place of practice.Deeply committed practice can enhance merit, and such deep commitment is the place of practice.When a straightforward mind turns deeper into action, it becomes a mind of enlightenment. If you cultivate an enlightened mind, all six perfections and actions can be achieved. An enlightened mind is the place of practice.True giving without expecting anything in return is the place of practice.Keeping precepts can fulfill the original vows made at the inception of an enlightened mind, and thus, keeping precepts is the place of practice.Patience can prevent any estrangement from beings, making patience the place of practice.Unremitting diligence can lead to unyielding progress, making diligence the place of practice.Meditation can subdue the mind and soften the heart, making meditation the place of practice.Wisdom can see the true nature of all phenomena, making wisdom the place of practice.With boundless kindheart, treat all beings equally, regardless of friend or foe. Such compassion is the place of practice.With great compassion, rescue all beings without fearing fatigue or avoiding trials, making such compassion the place of practice.Taking joy in others' happiness as one finds joy in Dharma, such joy is the place of practice.Practicing compassion and renouncing attachments, viewing all phenomena with an equal mind, such renunciation is the place of practice.Achieving the six supernormal powers, accomplishing wondrous deeds for all beings, such powers are the place of practice.Gradually renouncing greed from the lower realms to the attachment of the formless absorptions and the cessation of perception and sensation, one attains ultimate liberation, and liberation is the place of practice.Adapting various skillful means to teach and transform beings according to their minds, such convenience is the place of practice.The four means of attraction can guide beings towards the Mahayana, and these four means are the place of practice.Those who are well-versed in the Dharma and practice accordingly, such learning is the place of practice.Correctly observing all phenomena, subduing deluded thoughts without being hindered by them, such subjugation is the place of practice.Practicing the thirty-seven factors of enlightenment, ultimately renouncing all conditioned phenomena, these thirty-seven factors are the place of practice.The Four Noble Truths are true and not false, ultimately not deceiving practitioners in the world with conditioned phenomena, and these truths are the place of practice.Ignorance, habitual tendencies, afflictions, and delusions like aging and death all arise and cease due to dependent origination, with no end. Such origination is the place of practice.Realizing that all afflictions arise from delusions, these afflictions are the place of practice.Knowing the non-existence of self in persons and phenomena, and being able to liberate countless beings, all beings are the place of practice.All phenomena are inherently illusory, and perceiving their emptiness and tranquility, all phenomena are the place of practice.Overcoming desire demons, obstructive demons, death demons, and celestial demons, not being swayed by any demons, overcoming demons is the place of practice. Dwelling within the three realms but not inclining towards the six paths, the three realms are the place of practice.Obtaining the ten powers, the four kinds of fearlessness, and the eighteen unique qualities of a Buddha, there are no further faults. These powers, fearlessness, and unique qualities are the place of practice.Gaining the three knowledges—recollection of past lives, the divine eye, and the knowledge of the destruction of the contaminants—and being free from all obstacles, these knowledges are the place of practice.A single thought can attain all knowledge, being ignorant of nothing yet knowing all, with infinite wisdom and boundless illumination, able to know all phenomena in a single thought, this thought knowing all phenomena is the place of practice.Therefore, good men, if a Bodhisattva teaches beings with various perfections according to the situation, all actions, from the raising of a hand to the taking of a step, should be known to originate from the place of practice. Taking the Dharma as the refuge for all words and actions, this is dwelling in the Dharma. 文言文经文佛告光严童子。汝行诣维摩诘问疾。光严白佛言。世尊。我不堪任诣彼问疾。所以者何。忆念我昔出毗耶离大城。时维摩诘方入城。我即为作礼而问言。居士从何所来。答我言。吾从道场来。我问道场者何所是。答曰。直心是道场无虚假故。发行是道场能办事故。深心是道场增益功德故。菩提心是道场无错谬故。布施是道场不望报故。持戒是道场得愿具故。忍辱是道场于诸众生心无礙故。精进是道场不懈退故。禅定是道场心调柔故。智慧是道场现见诸法故。慈是道场等众生故。悲是道场忍疲苦故。喜是道场悦乐法故。舍是道场憎爱断故。神通是道场成就六通故。解脱是道场能背舍故。方便是道场教化众生故。四摄是道场摄众生故。多闻是道场如闻行故。伏心是道场正观诸法故。三十七品是道场舍有为法故。谛是道场不诳世间故。缘起是道场无明乃至老死皆无尽故。诸烦恼是道场知如实故。众生是道场知无我故。一切法是道场知诸法空故。降魔是道场不倾动故。三界是道场无所趣故。师子吼是道场无所畏故。力无畏不共法是道场无诸过故。三明是道场无余礙故。一念知一切法是道场成就一切智故。如是善男子。菩萨若应诸波罗蜜教化众生。诸有所作举足下足。当知皆从道场来住于佛法矣。 注释直心是道场关于“直心是道场”在修行中的含义，可以从以下几个方面来理解：1.直达真心：明心见性，直达领悟诸法真相的本心。2.平常心：真正的直心是一种完全没有主观分析和执着的心，但有超越主客观的清净心。这可以被视为有大智慧的表现。经常保持这种直心，就是在清净的佛国里，清清楚楚的不思善、不思恶，就是修行，就是开悟。3. 不动心：直心还意味着以无得失心，不计得失来做一切事，使心处在平凡之中。平凡的心就是好心，好心就是无分别心，无分别心就是直心。这种直心是一种平坦、永恒的心，不仅仅是单一直线。4. 觉照心：需要时时觉照，看看自己的起心动念是否夹杂着贪瞋痴。真正的直心是一种清净心、柔软心、智慧心、不颠倒心，这与“心直口快”、缺乏智慧的“直心”有很大的区别。5. 直心与道场：直心是修行佛法的基础，也是净土之因。保持直心，在任何地方都可以修行。直心是一种清净心、柔软心、智慧心、不颠倒心。当我们的心起了烦恼、打了妄想，这一念心就偏邪不正，心不清净，此时“直心”就变成“众生心”、凡夫心。通过持戒、修禅定、修智慧等方法，可以去除心中的烦恼和障碍，达到身口意三业的清净，这时才能称为“直心”。综上所述，直心在修行中的含义是超越主观和客观，保持清净、无分别、无执着的心态。这种心态是修行佛法的基础，也是达到涅槃和解脱的关键。禅宗对于八解脱的观点八解脱，又称八背舍，是佛教禅修中的一种高级修行方法，属于小乘佛教禅观的内容。八解脱包括：1. 内有色想观外色解脱（初背舍）2. 内无色想观外色解脱（二背舍）3. 净解脱身作证具足住（三背舍）4. 空无边处解脱（四背舍）5. 识无边处解脱（五背舍）6. 无所有处解脱（六背舍）7. 非想非非想处解脱（七背舍）8. 灭受想定解脱（八背舍）这些解脱是指修行者通过禅修，逐渐超越色、受、想、行、识等五蕴的束缚，达到超脱生死轮回的境界。禅宗是大乘佛教的一个宗派，强调通过直接观照内心，达到瞬间的觉悟，与八解脱的修行方法有所不同。禅宗的修行更侧重于直接体验和理解“空”和“无我”的实相，而不是通过一系列的步骤和境界来达到解脱。在禅宗的视角中，八解脱仍然是一种修行方法，但它更多地被视为一种工具，帮助修行者理解“空”和“无我”的本质。禅宗认为，真正的解脱不是通过达到某个境界或状态，而是通过直接体验和理解内在的空性，从而超越所有的概念和执着。因此，禅宗的修行者可能会采用八解脱作为修行的一部分，但他们的主要目标是通过直接的观照和体验，达到瞬间的觉悟和解脱，而不是通过逐步达到一系列的境界。维摩诘经的生命意义《维摩诘经》教导我们要有创意，只要心净，当下就能创造净土，乃修净土行的模范。鼓励我们要发大悲心，行于非道，作众生不请之友。明知不可为而为之，充分发挥菩萨“上求佛道，下化众生”的精神。行者要四依、四不依，表现的相貌是大智若愚，外圆内方，了知一切都是空性，才能显现“不来相而来，不见相而见”。（郑振煌）
