Ekottaragama (Sanskrit fragments) 3.2.9

3.2.9

佛告之曰：「若有比丘正身正意，結跏趺坐，繫念在前，無有他想，專精念法。除諸欲愛，無有塵勞，渴愛之心，永不復興。夫正法者，於欲至無欲，離諸結縛、諸蓋之病。此法猶如眾香之氣，無有瑕疵亂想之念。是謂，比丘！修行念法者，便有名譽，成大果報，諸善普至，得甘露味，至無為處，便成神通，除諸亂想，逮沙門果，自致涅槃。是故，諸比丘！常當思惟，不離法念，便當獲此諸善功德。如是，諸比丘！當作是學。」

“He rids himself of the craving for desires, doesn’t have any afflictions, and thoughts of thirsty craving don’t arise anymore. With the correct Dharma, he arrives at being desireless amidst desires and parts with the illness of the bonds and hindrances. This Dharma is like a breeze of many fragrances. His thinking doesn’t have any flaws or confused ideas.

“This, monks, is how someone who cultivates the recollection of the Dharma will become well known, achieve a great reward and all good and complete attainments, attain the sweet-tasting dew, and arrive at the unconditioned state. They’ll achieve spiritual knowledge, dispel their confused ideas, win the fruits of the ascetic, and bring about nirvāṇa themselves.

“Therefore, monks, one should constantly recollect the Dharma and not part from it. Then, they’ll win these good virtues. Thus, monks, you should train yourselves.”

Once the monks had accepted the teaching, the Bhagavān told them, “Suppose a monk sits cross-legged with correct posture and thought and fixes his attention on what’s in front of him. With no other idea, he focuses on recollecting the Dharma.