看西游记的启发 - 观禅

未观禅时，看山是山，看水是水。
观禅时，看山不是山，看水不是水。

观禅后，看山是山，看水是水。

Before zen practise, we see what our eyes see, and what our ears hear - normal human mundane consciousness.

During zen practise upon Enlightenment, we see vision of the future, and we see the relation of karma and the manifestation of karma - due to the attainment of Supramundane conciousness of Jhana Samadhi (禅定) + Nirvana (涅槃)。

After zen, we see what a normal human see due to normal mundane consciousness + relation to supramundane consciousness and how karma and vision are related in mundane and supramundane in clarity.

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唐僧未取经时，在寺院里过正常的修行生活。这应验了“未观禅时”。

唐僧发愿西游取经做菩萨行后，遇到妖魔鬼怪重重魔难，满天神佛的考验。这应验了“观禅时”。


唐僧取经后，回国读经教法。这应验了“观禅后”。