[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Buddhist Literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha) › [Taishō Tripiṭaka (Chinese Buddhist canon)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho) › [釋摩訶衍論](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1668) › 8.26 # 釋摩訶衍論 8.26 釋摩訶衍論 8.26 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [8.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1668.8.26) 已說成就止輪因緣門，次說直示修行止輪門。就此門中即有七門。云何為七？一者存心決定門，不生不滅真空理中其心定故。如本端坐正意故。二者不著身體門，能善通達此身空無，其本自性不可得故。如本不依氣息、不依形色、不依於空、不依地水火風故。三者不著心識門，能善通達慮知之心自性空無，無所有故。如本乃至不依見聞覺知，一切諸想隨念皆除，亦遣除想故。自此已下作其身心空無因緣。如本以一切法本來無相，念念不生念念不滅，亦不得隨心外念境界故。四者不著不著門，能遣之心亦遣除故。如本後以心除心故。五者集散會一門，攝散動心置一中故。如本心若馳散即當攝來住於正念故。六者顯示正念門，顯示諸法唯一心故。如本是正念者當知唯心無外境界，即復此心亦無自相，念念不可得故。七者不離恒行門，如是定心於一切時於一切處，常恒相續不捨離故。如本若從坐起，去來進止所作於一切時常念方便隨順觀察故。 > Having explained the gate of the causes and conditions for accomplishing the wheel of calming, we next explain the gate of directly showing the practice of the wheel of calming. Within this gate there are seven gates. What are the seven? First, the gate of resolving the mind with determination: the mind is settled within the principle of true emptiness that neither arises nor ceases. As the root \[text\] states: “Sitting upright and rectifying the mind.” Second, the gate of non-attachment to the physical body: being able to skillfully penetrate that this body is empty and non-existent, its original nature being unobtainable. As the root \[text\] states: “Not relying on the breath, not relying on form or color, not relying on space, not relying on earth, water, fire, or wind.” Third, the gate of non-attachment to mind and consciousness: being able to skillfully penetrate that the mind of discursive thought is empty and non-existent in its own nature, having nothing whatsoever. As the root \[text\] states: “Even not relying on seeing, hearing, sensing, or knowing, all thoughts are eliminated as they are recollected, and the thought of eliminating is also dispelled.” From this point downward, it forms the causes and conditions for the emptiness and non-existence of body and mind. As the root \[text\] states: “Because all dharmas are fundamentally signless, not arising thought-moment by thought-moment, not ceasing thought-moment by thought-moment, nor can one follow the mind to externally conceptualize sensory realms.” Fourth, the gate of not attaching to non-attachment: the mind that is able to dispel is also dispelled. As the root \[text\] states: “Afterward using the mind to eliminate the mind.” Fifth, the gate of collecting the scattered into unity: gathering the scattered and agitated mind and placing it in oneness. As the root \[text\] states: “If the mind rushes and scatters, one should immediately gather it back to dwell in right mindfulness.” Sixth, the gate of revealing right mindfulness: revealing that all dharmas are only the one mind. As the root \[text\] states: “Regarding this right mindfulness, one should know that there is only mind and no external sensory realms; furthermore, this mind also has no self-characteristic, being unobtainable from thought-moment to thought-moment.” Seventh, the gate of constant practice without departure: such a concentrated mind is always continuous and never abandoned at all times and in all places. As the root \[text\] states: “If one rises from sitting, in all activities of going, coming, moving, and resting, at all times one constantly contemplates skillful means and accords with observation.” > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 8.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1668.8.25) - [Next: 8.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1668.8.27) - [Up: 8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1668.8) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1668~en-mt.8.26) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (1) - [大乘起信論義記](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1846.3.434) — Classical Chinese --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1668.8.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1668.8.26) · Pramāṇa