德加尼亚西亚多是缅甸雪乌敏禅修中心的指导禅师，他的风格犀利，直指人心，颇具中国古代禅者风范。以下是他关于禅修的言语，希望带给你启发：

The most important thing when you are meditating is to have the right attitude.

禅修时，最重要的事，即是拥有正确的态度。


　　1.When meditating: Don’t focus too hard

　　Don’t control

　　Don’t try to create something

　　Don’t force or restrict yourself

　　修禅时，不要太勉强去专注，不要控制，不要试着去创造任何东西，不要施压或抑制自己。

　　2.Don’t try to create anything But don’t reject what is happening

　　But as things happen or stop happening, don’t forget

　　Be aware of them

　　不要试着去创造任何东西，但也不要拒绝正在生起的事物，然而，当事物生起或灭去时，不要忘了观照它们。

　　3.Trying to create something is lobha (greed)

　　Rejecting what is happening is dosa (aversion)

　　Not knowing if something is happening

　　or has stopped happening is moha (delusion)

　　想使事物生起是贪欲，排斥那正在生起的是瞋恨，不知道那正在灭去的事物是愚痴。

　　4.Only when the observing mind has no lobha, dosa, nor soka (worry/anxiety) inside it,

　　then the meditating mind will arise

　　只有当观照的心没有贪欲、瞋恨（担忧、焦虑）时，才会生起禅修的心。

　　5.You have to double check to see what attitude you are meditating with

　　你必须重复地检测，看你是以什么心态在禅修。

　　6.You have to accept and watch both good and bad experiences

　　不管是好的或是不好的经验，你都必须接受及观照。

　　7.You only want good experiences

　　You don’t want even the tiniest unpleasant experience

　　Is this fair? Is this the way of the Dhamma?

　　你只想要好的经验，一点点不美好的经验你都不想要，这公平吗？这是趣向佛法的方式吗？

　　8.Don’t have any expectations

　　Don’t want anything

　　Don’t be anxious

　　Because if these attitudes are in your mind,

　　It becomes difficult to meditate

　　不要有任何期待，不要企求任何东西，不要忧虑，若是心中有这些心态，禅修会变得很困难。

　　9.Why are you focusing so hard when you meditate?

　　You want something to happen?

　　You want something to stop happening?

　　It is likely that one of these attitudes is there

　　禅修时，为何你这么努力去专注？你想要什么？你想让什么生起？或想让什么灭去？有可能是上述的其中一种心态正在你心中。

　　10.If the mind is getting tired

　　something is wrong with the way you are practicing

　　如果心变得疲乏，那表示你的禅修方式有些不正确了。

　　11.You cannot practice when the mind is tense

　　以紧绷的心是没办法禅修的。

　　12.If the mind and body are getting tired

　　it is time to check the way you are meditating

　　如果身与心开始疲乏时，即应当下检测你的禅修方法。

　　13.Meditating is waiting and watching

　　With awareness and comprehension

　　Understanding

　　Not thinking

　　Not reflecting

　　Not judging

　　禅修是用正念及正知去等候及观照，非想像，非思维，非判断。

　　14.Don’t practice with a mind that wants something

　　or wants something to happen

　　The only result will be that you will tire yourself

　　不要用企求和期望的心态来禅修，否则，唯一的结果，只是让你自己疲累。

　　15.The meditating mind should be relaxed and at peace

　　禅修的心应是放松及平静的。

　　16.Both the mind and the body should be comfortable

　　身与心，皆应是平静的。

　　17.A light and free mind enables you to meditate well

　　Do you have the right attitude?

　　轻松及无拘束的心，使你能充分地禅修。你是否有这种正确的心态呢？

　　18.Meditating is,

　　Whatever happens good or bad,

　　Accepting, relaxing and watching it

　　禅修即是：不管发生什么，好的或不好的，先接受，再放松，然后去观照它。

　　19.What is the mind doing?

　　Thinking? Or being aware?

　　心在做什么？想东西？或是在观照呢？

　　20.Where is the mind now?

　　Inside? Or outside? (of oneself)

　　现在，心在哪里呢？在自己身心之内？或之外？

　　21.Is the watching/observing mind

　　properly aware?

　　Or only superficially aware?

　　观照的心是适当的醒觉？或只是肤浅地观照？

　　22.You are not trying to make things turn out

　　the way you want it to happen

　　you are trying to know what is happening as it is

　　你不是在试着使事物如你想要地生起，而是试着去了解事物如实地生起。

　　23.Don’t feel disturbed by the thinking mind

　　You are not practicing to prevent thinking

　　To recognize and acknowledge thinking whenever it arises

　　is what you are practicing

　　不要让妄想的心干扰你，修行不是去阻止妄想。当妄想生起时，去认知及了解它，才是修行的方式。

　　24.You are not supposed to reject the object

　　(phenomena/things that are happening/being known)

　　You are to know (and thus note/observe) the defilement’s

　　that arise because of the object and thus remove them

　　(the defilement’s)

　　你不应该拒绝目标（心所生起或所认知的法相或事物）。你应去了解及观照由于那目标而生起的种种烦恼障，然后去除它们。

　　25.Only when there is Saddha (Faith), Viriya (energy) will arise

　　Only when there is Viriya, Sati (mindfulness) will become continuous

　　Only when Sati is continuous, Samadhi will become established

　　Only when Samadhi is established, then you will know

　　things as they really are, Saddha then increases further

　　当有信心时，精进力才会生起。当精进力生起时，正念才会持续。当正念持续时，定力才会稳固。当定力稳固时，你才会如实了解事物的本质。当你开始如实了解事物的本质时，信心再次提升、增强。

　　26.Just pay attention to what is exactly in the present moment

　　Don’t go to the past!

　　Don’t plan for the future!

　　只注意在当下所发生的真正事物，不要顾念过去，不要计划未来。

　　27.The object is not important

　　The mind that is working in the background –

　　working to be aware i.e. the observing mind is more important

　　If the observing (mind) is done with the right attitude the

　　object will be the right object

　　目标并不重要，观照的心才是重要的。如果有正确的心态观照，那目标即是正确的目标。