Discipline ②
Qiejing — meeting the situation as it is切境行居三昧
Absorbed in walking and dwelling · 行居三昧
In his words原话
“To wake up to how name and thing, seer and seen, tangle and drift apart — like marking the boat to find a sword lost in the river.”trans.
「觉悟到“名实”、“能所”的搅扰、分离，刻舟求剑」
— Danjue · 翰澜五功
“Absorption in ordinary, everyday living; a lively stillness in the middle of the market.”trans.
「日常、过日子的“三昧”，闹市活泼“入定”」
— Danjue · 翰澜五功
In plain words白话
We often live inside names: “boss”, “failure”, “good child”. Names drift from the things they name, yet we keep searching by the name — like marking the boat to find a sword dropped in the river. Qiejing is staying awake in the midst of ordinary days: settled even in the noise.
我们常常活在名字里：“领导”“失败”“好孩子”。名字和事情本身是会分开的，人却按着名字去找事情，就像在船上刻记号找掉进河里的剑。切境，是在过日子的当下清醒——在热闹里，也能安住。
Try it试一试
Take a word you often use about yourself. Ask: without that word, what am I like right now?
Exercise designed by the editorNot to be confused with常见误解
Qiejing is not leaving the world to practise.