18/08/2026
行法虽然我们分有 ＃禅、净、律、密、经教，还有生命学，这个是从文化形态的区别上来讲，有禅、净、律、密，有经教、有生命学，有各宗各派。
In terms of methods of practice, we distinguish among Chan, Pure Land, Vinaya, Esoteric Buddhism, scriptural teachings, and also the study of life. These distinctions are made from the perspective of differences in cultural forms. There are Chan, Pure Land, Vinaya, and Esoteric Buddhism; scriptural teachings and the study of life; and various schools and traditions.
有南传的叫做小乘的，或者叫原始佛教的，或者叫原汁原味的那个禅修；也有藏密的，今天很热闹的西藏密法的，那个密法的修行方式；或者它还有你所讲的，那不管它。不管佛教里面分的，汉语系的八大宗派，或者藏语系的四大宗派，或者南传的各个系统里，有不同的教派，乃至于，外道里头修行的，也有很多。
There is the Southern Tradition, referred to as Hīnayāna, or as Early Buddhism, or as meditation said to preserve the original and unadulterated form; there is also Tibetan Esoteric Buddhism, the Tibetan esoteric practices that are so prominent today; and there are also the various forms of practice that you speak of—let us leave that aside. Regardless of the eight major schools within the Chinese Buddhist tradition, the four major schools within the Tibetan Buddhist tradition, or the various systems and different schools within the Southern Tradition, there are many different traditions of practice, and even among non-Buddhist traditions, there are many forms of practice.
在这种种的修法里，我们在拣别一个状况，就是邪、正这两个区别。邪与正的区别在哪里？不是外道都错，也不是现出家相的就都是对的。我们有一个标准，叫做正法。不是正法的，那就通通叫邪法，这是宗教里面一个很严格的定义。
Among all these various methods of practice, we make a distinction between two categories: the wrong and the right. Where does the distinction between wrong and right lie? It is not that everything outside Buddhism is wrong, nor is everything that manifests the appearance of monastic life necessarily right. We have a standard called the Right Dharma. Whatever is not the Right Dharma is, in its entirety, called wrong Dharma. This is a very strict definition within religion.
那么邪与正之间的差别，到底在哪里？你必须要一个辨别。你要没有辨别的能力，你就看到，穿衣服的都是正，不穿衣服的都是邪。不是这样讲。穿袈裟的就是正，不穿袈裟的就是邪❓你这样的定义，就叫腐烂。
So where, exactly, is the difference between wrong and right❓ You must have the ability to discern. If you do not have the ability to discern, you will simply see everyone who wears the robes as right and everyone who does not wear the robes as wrong. That is not how it is. Is one who wears the kāṣāya therefore right, while one who does not wear the kāṣāya is wrong❓Such a definition of yours is what is called corruption.
邪正之间，当然佛教的标准就是，按照七菩提分修的，就叫正法。正法当中，要迅速成就的要依八正道。展开以后，七菩提分八正道展开，从这两个核心展开，六度万行都算，无量无边法门都算。但是离开七菩提分八正道的，那就叫邪教，这是从教义上跟你分的。
As for distinguishing between wrong and right, of course, the Buddhist standard is that what is practiced in accordance with the Seven Factors for Awakening is called the Right Dharma. Within the Right Dharma, for rapid attainment, one must rely on the Noble Eightfold Path. When further elaborated, the Seven Factors for Awakening and the Noble Eightfold Path unfold from these two cores; the Six Perfections and the myriad practices are all included, as are innumerable and boundless methods of practice. But anything that departs from the Seven Factors for Awakening and the Noble Eightfold Path is called a wrong teaching. This is how the distinction is made for you on the basis of doctrine.
从行法中分的，那教义上就看不到。很多人口口声声讲的，也是七菩提分、八正道、三法印、四念处、三十七道品，结果为什么修行不得力，用不上去，那就不是教义的问题，那是行法的问题。
When the distinction is made on the basis of the method of practice, it cannot be seen from doctrine. Many people constantly speak of the Seven Factors for Awakening, the Noble Eightfold Path, the Three Dharma Seals, the Four Foundations of Mindfulness, and the Thirty-Seven Factors of Awakening, yet why is it that their practice does not become effective and they cannot put these teachings into practice❓ That is not a problem of doctrine; that is a problem of the method of practice.
行法的这个东西，经典不记载。从释迦牟尼佛开始，他一直没有办法把行法的东西告诉你，从来没办法记录。这个部分，你只有跟着师父学。
This matter of the method of practice is not recorded in the scriptures. From the time of Śākyamuni Buddha onward, there has never been a way to fully convey the actual method of practice to you; it has never been something that could be completely recorded. In this aspect, you can only learn by following a master.
跟哪个师父学，不要紧，你跟错了，你不要后悔。
It does not matter which master you learn from; if you follow the wrong one, do not regret it.
＃海云继梦和上
Venerable Master ＃HaiyunJimeng
＃华严禅行法
＃Avataṃsaka (Huayan) Chan Practice
