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每年冬天，萬佛聖城都要「打禪七」。這些長達數週的禪七，每次坐香一小時，接著行香二十分鐘，從凌晨三時到午夜十二時，只在傍晚休息一個鐘頭。在上人耐心地指導下，弟子們慢慢學會了打坐的入門技巧。一到冬天，所有的事情都停了，大家放下工作，全心參加這難得的禪七。
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Every year at the City a Chan Session was held. Sessions were several weeks long, running from 3:00 a.m. until 12:00 midnight with hour-long sits broken by twenty-minute walks. A one hour rest period was allowed in the late afternoon. Under the Master’s patient guidance, his disciples gradually learned the beginning techniques of meditation. Everyone dropped his/her duties to participate fully in these rare sessions. Things came to a standstill in mid-winter as everyone investigated Chan together.
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