[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) › [妙法蓮華經文句](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1718) › 8.96 # 妙法蓮華經文句 8.96 妙法蓮華經文句 8.96 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [8.96](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1718.8.96) 「云何名近」下，第二，近處。文為三：遠十惱亂，即遠故論近，亦是附戒門助觀：修攝其心，即近故論近，亦是附定門助觀也；觀一切法空，即非遠非近論近，亦是附慧門助觀。上直緣理住忍辱地，今戒門廣出眾辱之緣應修遠離，非持刀仗亦不棄捨，但以正慧而遠離之，當知遠近廣上行所不行也。上直明不暴驚，今定門廣出修定心、修定處、修定要門，以定力故，在暴而治、在驚而安，當知即近論近，廣上不行行也。上直明無所行，今廣觀一切空具歷諸境，無量無邊無礙無障，當知非遠非近，廣上非行非不行。就初有十種應遠者：一、豪勢，二、邪人法，三、兇險戲，四、旃陀羅，五、二乘眾，六、遠欲想，七、遠不男，八、遠危害，九、遠譏嫌，十、遠畜養等。「路伽耶」，此云惡論，亦云破論。「逆路」者，逆君父之論。又「路」名為善論，亦名師破弟子；「逆路」名惡論，亦名弟子破師。「那羅延」者，上伎戲，亦云綵畫，其身作變異，又云緣幢擲倒之屬也。分十種為二邊：九是生死，一是涅槃，二俱遠離，即寂滅之異名耳。觀心釋十種云云，近近處有三意（云云）。 > 'What is called the sphere of intimacy', and below: the second, the sphere of intimacy. The text has three parts: distancing oneself from the ten disturbances, which discusses intimacy in terms of distance, and is also an auxiliary contemplation attached to the approach of precepts; cultivating and collecting one's mind, which discusses intimacy in terms of intimacy, and is also an auxiliary contemplation attached to the approach of concentration; and contemplating all dharmas as empty, which discusses intimacy in terms of neither distance nor intimacy, and is also an auxiliary contemplation attached to the approach of wisdom. Above, one directly focuses on the principle and abides in the ground of forbearance; now, the approach of precepts extensively sets forth the conditions of various humiliations from which one should cultivate distancing: neither holding weapons nor abandoning them, but distancing oneself solely through correct wisdom. One should know that distance and intimacy expand upon the aforementioned 'practicing what is not practiced'. Above, it directly explained not being violent or alarmed; now, the approach of concentration extensively sets forth the mind of cultivating concentration, the places for cultivating concentration, and the essential approaches to cultivating concentration. Through the power of concentration, when in violent turbulence one brings order, and when in alarm one brings peace. One should know that discussing intimacy in terms of intimacy expands upon the aforementioned 'not practicing practice'. Above, it directly explained practicing nothing; now, extensively contemplating the emptiness of everything, one fully engages all objects—immeasurable, boundless, unhindered, and unobstructive. One should know that neither distance nor intimacy expands upon the aforementioned 'neither practice nor non-practice'. Under the first, there are ten kinds of things to be kept at a distance: first, powerful elites; second, heterodox persons and teachings; third, perilous amusements; fourth, caṇḍālas; fifth, assemblies of the two vehicles; sixth, distancing desires and thoughts; seventh, distancing unmanly persons; eighth, distancing danger and harm; ninth, distancing ridicule and suspicion; tenth, distancing the rearing \[of animals or disciples\], and so forth. 'Lokāyata' is here called evil treatises, or refutational treatises. 'Reverse-loka' refers to treatises opposing ruler and father. Also, 'loka' is named good treatises, or a master refuting a disciple; 'reverse-loka' is named evil treatises, or a disciple refuting a master. 'Nārāyaṇa' refers to superior acrobatic performances, also called colorful paintings, bodily shape-shifting, or ascending poles and tumbling upside down, and the like. Dividing the ten kinds into the two extremes: nine pertain to saṃsāra, and one pertains to nirvāṇa. Distancing both is simply another name for quiescent cessation. The contemplation of mind explains the ten kinds (and so forth); there are three meanings to the sphere of intimacy (and so forth). > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 8.95](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1718.8.95) - [Next: 8.97](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1718.8.97) - [Up: 8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1718.8) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1718~en-mt.8.96) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1718.8.96](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1718.8.96) · Pramāṇa