掉舉是不正確的修行，也等同行尸走肉。問問你自己，當你死的時候，你是不是還有時間修行呢？不斷的問你自己：「我何時會死？」假使我們如此思維（觀），心在每一刻都保持警覺，專注就會一直現前，於是正念便會自然隨至，智慧也將會生起——很清楚地看清一切事物的本來面目。正念會守護心，以致當感覺生起時，心都不時覺知。要有正念就是要鎮定，要鎮定就必須留心。如果我們留心的話，我們就是修行得正確了。
Not practicing rightly is being heedless. Being heedless is like being dead. Ask yourself if you will have time to practice when you die? Constantly ask yourself, "When will I die? If we contemplate in this way, our mind will be alert every second, heedfulness will always be present, and mindfulness will automatically follow. Wisdom will arise, seeing all things as they really are very clearly. Mindfulness guards the mind so that it knows when sensations arise at all times, day and night. To have mindfulness is to be composed. To be composed is to be heedful. If one is heedful, then one is practicing rightly.
Biography / 簡介
阿姜查（1918年—1992年），南傳佛教大師，泰國現代最有影響力的佛教僧人，他依循佛教森林比丘的傳統，進入森林地區修行。阿姜查的修行方式有兩大特色：頭陀行與禪定體驗，兩者都是延續迦葉尊者重視苦行的精神而來。他的教導方式簡單直接，吸引不少西方人士前來學習。
Ajahn Chah (1918 – 1992) was an influential Thai Buddhist monk. His teachings contain elements related to Forest tradition, focusing on a simple and rigorous lifestyle, discipline and moral conduct, meditation, and an emphasis on inner experience rather than a reliance on scholarly knowledge. Ajahn's lectures are simple, direct and deep, so his teachings attract many western followers in the 80s and 90s.