Gewei · 格位
The mind’s standpoint格位
Once the mind stirs, it lands somewhere. First, see where your mind is standing now.
In one sentence一句话
“Gewei is the place from which a thought arises.”trans.
「格位就是起心动念的位置」
— Danjue · 博雅塾
“Once the mind stirs, it always lands in a standpoint.”trans.
「此心既起，必落格位」
— Danjue · 对话集锦
The moment a thought arises, the mind is already standing somewhere. That place is called Gewei — the mind’s standpoint.
念头一起，心就已经站在某个位置上了。这个位置，叫格位。
Where you stand, what you see站在哪里，看见什么
Move or press: the same grid, a different standpoint. What is near grows, what is far closes in — where you stand decides what you see.
“The standpoint of this present mind is the whole face of this present mind.”trans.
「所谓当下的这颗心，它的格位，就是当下这颗心的全貌」
— Danjue · 对话集锦
The cone锥管
“When we look at the world, we are really looking through a cone — and that cone is the self.”trans.
「我们看世界的时候，实际上是通过一个锥管在看，这个锥管就是自我。」
— Danjue · 博雅塾
We all look at the world through the cone of the self, so we see narrowly. The point is not to throw the self away, but to see it.
我们都是隔着“自我”这支锥管看世界的，所以总看得窄。不是要丢掉自我，而是要看见它。
The same sentence同一句话
Example · editor’s illustration, not his words
“你今天回来得挺早。”“You’re home early today.”
Choose a state of mind and hear the sentence.
Where it lands落脚处
“To awaken to the “no-self” of this very mind.”trans.
「对此心“无我”生起觉悟」
— Danjue · 翰澜五功
““Breaking the self from within the self”: to have a self without clinging to it — here the mind grows clear.”trans.
「“我中破我”，有我无执，明心于是」
— Danjue · 翰澜五功
“The wisdom of Gewei finally comes down to one thing: letting go of self-clinging — in this world, on the street, in everyday living.”trans.
「“格位”的智慧，最终落脚就一个现世、大街上、过日子的“脱我执”」
— Danjue · 翰澜五功
The practice lands in ordinary life — on the street, at home: to have a self without being held by it.
格位的功夫最后落在日子里：在大街上、在家里，有我，但不被“我”抓住。
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- What a teacher is0:34 · Douyin · Danjue ↗
师是什么？师是智慧传递的方向，师是能够解开困惑的一个源，但师不是一个人的身份。如果一个人把“师”这种身份当成一种身份、当成一种地位、当成是人际关系中的一种高地而据为己有，这个人，以及此刻这个人，已经不足为师，此刻他已经就不配当老师了。所以谁是老师，谁是弟子，这不是身份，而是一种作用发挥的方向。
A teacher is the direction in which wisdom passes, a source that can untie confusion — not a person’s status. Who is teacher and who is student is not an identity, but the direction in which something is at work.trans.