大般若波羅蜜多經般若理趣分述讚 2.61

2.61

讚曰：自下第三別修起行。於中有四：一禪無色行、二菩提分行、三解脫門行、四別對治行。此即初也。靜其心、專一慮，定慧齊均、功德殊勝，得靜慮名。離欲惡不善法，有尋有伺，離生喜樂初靜慮；第二離尋伺喜靜慮；第三已離喜樂靜慮；第四已離尋伺喜樂，捨念清淨靜慮。此等總說初二三四以為名別，更無別名。唯在色地，通有無漏。四無量者，慈、悲、喜、捨。與樂名慈，無瞋為性。拔苦名悲，不害為性。不離樂為喜，不嫉善根為自性。令利益為捨，捨善根為性。通有無漏，遍在四禪，境行俱寬故名無量。四無色者，謂空、識無邊、無所有處、非想非非想處。此通有無漏，三乘俱起。

Commentary: From here on, the third is the practice of specific cultivation and activation. Herein there are four: 1. The practice of dhyāna and formless absorptions; 2. The practice of the factors of awakening; 3. The practice of the gates of liberation; 4. The practice of specific antidotes. This is the first. Calming one's mind and focusing single-mindedly, where concentration and insight are balanced and equal, and their merits are supreme, earns the name of 'dhyāna' (meditative contemplation). Free from desires and unwholesome, bad dharmas, accompanied by applied and sustained thought, is the first dhyāna of joy and pleasure born of detachment; the second dhyāna is free from applied and sustained thought, having joy; the third dhyāna is already free from joy, having pleasure; the fourth dhyāna is already free from applied and sustained thought, joy and pleasure, having the purity of equanimity and mindfulness. These are generally designated as first, second, third, and fourth as their distinct names, without other distinct designations. They exist only in the form realm, and encompass both with and without effluents. The four immeasurables are loving-kindness, compassion, sympathetic joy, and equanimity. Bestowing happiness is called loving-kindness, taking non-ill will as its nature. Uprooting suffering is called compassion, taking non-harming as its nature. Not parting from joy is sympathetic joy, taking non-jealousy of wholesome roots as its intrinsic nature. Causing benefit is equanimity, taking the relinquishment of wholesome roots as its nature. They encompass both with and without effluents, are pervasive across the four dhyānas, and because both their objects and practices are broad, they are called 'immeasurable'. The four formless [absorptions] are infinite space, infinite consciousness, nothingness, and neither-perception-nor-non-perception. These encompass both with and without effluents, and are activated by all three vehicles.