[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) › [妙法蓮華經玄義](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1716) › 4.9 # 妙法蓮華經玄義 4.9 妙法蓮華經玄義 4.9 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [4.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1716.4.9) 修數者，行人初調和氣息，不澁、不滑，安詳徐數，從一至十，攝心在數，不令馳散，是名修數。與數相應者，覺心任運，從一至十，不加功力，心自住數，息微心細，是名證數。若患數麁，當放數修隨，乃至淨亦各如是。然觀有三義：一、慧觀觀真。二、得解觀即假想觀。三、實觀。此中初用實觀，後用慧觀。 > As for cultivating counting: the practitioner initially harmonizes the breath so that it is neither astringent nor slippery, calmly and slowly counting from one to ten, collecting the mind upon the count and not letting it disperse—this is called cultivating counting. Corresponding with counting: the mind perceives that spontaneously, from one to ten, without adding effort, the mind itself abides in the count, the breath being subtle and the mind refined—this is called realizing counting. If one is troubled by counting being coarse, one should release counting and cultivate following; up to purity, each is likewise so. However, contemplation has three meanings: first, wisdom-contemplation contemplating the real; second, contemplation of resolving understanding, which is contemplation of provisional imagination; third, actual contemplation. Here, actual contemplation is used first, and wisdom-contemplation is used later. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 4.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1716.4.8) - [Next: 4.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1716.4.10) - [Up: 4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1716.4) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1716~en-mt.4.9) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (1) - [釋禪波羅蜜次第法門](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1916.7.14) — Classical Chinese --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1716.4.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1716.4.9) · Pramāṇa