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# 妙法蓮華經玄義 4.35

妙法蓮華經玄義 4.35

- **Language:** Classical Chinese

### [4.35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1716.4.35)

前根本舊禪如乳，練禪如酪，熏禪如生蘇，修禪如熟蘇，九大禪如醍醐，醍醐為妙也。復次，根本禪，愛味心中修，即成乳；自度心中修，即成酪；慈悲心中修，即成生蘇；慈悲次第心中修，即成熟蘇；實相心中修，即成醍醐；餘四味亦如是，若不以實相心修，皆名為麁。

> The previously mentioned fundamental, old dhyānas are like milk; dhyāna of refinement is like curd; dhyāna of permeation is like raw butter; dhyāna of cultivation is like clarified butter; and the nine great dhyānas are like ghee; ghee is wondrous. Furthermore, if fundamental dhyāna is cultivated with a mind that savors attachment, it becomes milk; cultivated with a mind seeking self-deliverance, it becomes curd; cultivated with a mind of benevolence and compassion, it becomes raw butter; cultivated with a mind of gradual benevolence and compassion, it becomes clarified butter; and cultivated with a mind of the real mark, it becomes ghee. The other four flavors are also like this: if they are not cultivated with the mind of the real mark, all are designated coarse.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

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