英文原文
Do Nothing, Feel Everything: The Buddhist Healing Ritual of Chöd | Kripalu
If you’re the kind of person who makes to-do lists (I am), you might feel that self-care—cooking healthy, practicing yoga, even meditating—is just another chore to check off your list (I sometimes do). So when a friend invited me to participate in an ancient Buddhist ritual that literally involves doing nothing, I was intrigued.
It’s called Healing Chöd, and it’s about as passive a healing process as you’ll ever encounter. “Chöd” means “to cut,” “to release,” or “to go beyond” in Tibetan. So what might this sacred ceremony help to release? Anything from illness to suffering to karmic obstacles to spiritual growth. “The main purpose is to overcome the root cause of all destructive emotions,” says Lama Migmar Tseten, a Tibetan spiritual master who leads the Healing Chöd retreat at Kripalu.
My friend, Lisa, and I didn’t know what to expect, but we were game. From Friday evening through Sunday morning, about 100 of us came to receive the healing during four 90-minute sessions. Mats, pillows, and blankets covered the room. Before the ceremony began, we were instructed to lie down and just be receptive. That’s it. No understanding required. No thinking needed. No meditation necessary.
“The best way is to remain awake,” says Lama Migmar, “but some people are so tired from all their emotions, they fall asleep and that’s okay.” Apparently, the energy of the Chöd is still transmitted through the chants.
When Lisa and I went, two Buddhist nuns and the son and spiritual heir of a revered Buddhist saint led the ceremony. They played drums, rang bells, blew horns, and chanted from 50 pages of ancient liturgy. The sounds and mantras were supposed to pacify discord. Lama Migmar, who says the Chöd is part of his daily meditation practice, emphasizes that the chants carry the power and blessings of loving-kindness from Buddha, the Enlightened One.
Purportedly barren women who’ve participated in Chöd have later conceived; some claimed to have been cured of cancer. Others have had visions. Before the end of our final session, I overheard a woman describe some painful family dynamics that had shifted for the better in the mere 24 hours since our workshop had begun.
I can’t attest to such grand results. Not surprisingly, my monkey mind raced from one random thought to the next during the sessions. Am I not receiving the healing? I worried. But there’s no right way to experience the Chöd. “Everyone receives it differently,” notes Lama Migmar. The point is just to relax and be open to the experience.
Whether I cut through my destructive emotions during that weekend is still unclear, but what was clear to me was that there’s something to be said for taking not just a physical but also a mental vacation from the merry-go-round of daily existence. It’s so rare that we allow ourselves to stop rather than go. To listen rather than speak. To be rather than do. And that in itself, for me, was healing.
中文翻译
无为而感：佛教断法疗愈仪式 | 克里帕鲁
如果你是那种会列待办事项清单的人（我就是），你可能会觉得自我照顾——烹饪健康食物、练习瑜伽、甚至冥想——只是清单上另一个需要打勾的任务（我有时确实如此）。所以当朋友邀请我参加一个古老的佛教仪式，字面意思就是什么都不做时，我被吸引了。
它被称为疗愈断法，这可能是你遇到过的最被动的疗愈过程。“断”在藏语中意为“切断”、“释放”或“超越”。那么，这个神圣仪式可能帮助释放什么呢？从疾病到痛苦，从业力障碍到灵性成长，无所不包。“主要目的是克服所有破坏性情绪的根本原因，”在克里帕鲁带领疗愈断法闭关的西藏精神导师喇嘛米格玛·策登说。
我的朋友丽莎和我不知道会发生什么，但我们愿意尝试。从周五晚上到周日早上，大约100人参加了四次90分钟的疗愈环节。房间里铺满了垫子、枕头和毯子。仪式开始前，我们被指示躺下，只需保持接纳。就这样。不需要理解。不需要思考。不需要冥想。
“最好的方式是保持清醒，”喇嘛米格玛说，“但有些人因为情绪太累而睡着了，那也没关系。”显然，断法的能量仍然通过诵唱传递。
当丽莎和我参加时，两位比丘尼和一位受人尊敬的佛教圣者的儿子及精神继承人主持了仪式。他们敲鼓、摇铃、吹号，并诵唱了50页古老的仪轨。声音和咒语旨在平息纷争。喇嘛米格玛说断法是他日常冥想练习的一部分，他强调诵唱承载着佛陀——觉悟者——的慈爱力量和祝福。
据说，参与过断法的无法生育的女性后来怀孕了；一些人声称治愈了癌症。其他人有过异象。在我们最后一次环节结束前，我无意中听到一位女性描述，自我们的工作坊开始仅24小时，一些痛苦的家庭动态已经好转。
我无法证实如此宏大的结果。不出所料，在环节中，我的“猴子心”从一个随机想法跳到下一个。我没有接收到疗愈吗？我担心。但体验断法没有正确的方式。“每个人接收的方式不同，”喇嘛米格玛指出。重点只是放松并对体验保持开放。
那个周末我是否切断了破坏性情绪仍不清楚，但对我来说清楚的是，从日常生活的旋转木马中不仅进行身体休假，也进行心灵休假，是有意义的。我们很少允许自己停下来而不是前进。倾听而不是说话。存在而不是行动。而这本身，对我来说，就是疗愈。
文章概要
本文介绍了佛教断法疗愈仪式，这是一种古老的藏传佛教实践，旨在通过被动接纳和诵唱来释放疾病、痛苦和业力障碍，促进灵性成长。作者分享了参与克里帕鲁中心疗愈断法闭关的个人体验，描述了仪式的过程、声音疗愈的力量以及参与者的反馈，强调了在中年时期通过灵性净化实现情绪释放和内心平静的重要性。
高德明老师的评价
用12岁初中生可以听懂的语音来重复翻译的内容：这个仪式就像是一个超级放松的游戏，你什么都不用做，只要躺下来听音乐和念经，就能让坏心情和身体不舒服慢慢消失。就像给心里的大扫除，把乱七八糟的东西都清理掉，让你感觉轻松多了。
佛学的各个宗派视角评价，突出《显密圆通成佛心要集》的视角：从显宗视角，断法体现了大乘佛教的慈悲与智慧，通过诵唱和仪轨净化业障，符合《显密圆通成佛心要集》中强调的显密融合思想。该仪式结合了密宗的音声瑜伽和显宗的禅定原理，展示了准提法的优点——简便易行且效力强大，适合现代人快速入门。密宗视角下，断法利用咒语和法器能量直接转化负面情绪；显宗视角则注重心性修养，断法通过被动接纳培养无我智慧。两者圆融，正是《显密圆通成佛心要集》所倡导的成佛捷径。
在修行实践上可以应用的和可以解决人们的十个问题：1. 缓解中年焦虑和压力，通过被动疗愈找回内心平静。2. 净化业力障碍，帮助突破灵性成长的瓶颈。3. 改善身体健康，如文中提到的生育和癌症康复案例。4. 修复家庭关系，促进和谐动态。5. 提升情绪管理能力，减少破坏性情绪爆发。6. 增强自我接纳，学会“存在而非行动”的智慧。7. 提供心灵休假，从忙碌生活中获得喘息。8. 培养倾听能力，改善人际沟通。9. 整合显密修行，简化复杂仪轨。10. 推广准提法优点，让更多人受益于简便有效的佛教实践。