大般涅槃經集解 28.4

28.4

案僧亮曰：第二明定門也。有八段：第一總觀，身有三十六物。第二移觀，觀四色覓我不得。第三觀手足支節相柱，為觀轉明。第四見一切皆青也。此觀始成故，第五諸佛現而復隱，令其思而易觀。第六觀心，是則前觀身、後觀心具三意止。二既已具則四亦具也，故第七結堪忍地。第八明既得勝定，必能為物破戒也。此先明身意止也，以人人多於身中計有淨也，此即第一觀也。寶亮曰：第二門有五段，四念觀即四也，第五結果。此下觀身無我。

Sengliang states: The second [part] clarifies the gate of concentration. There are eight sections: First, the general contemplation of the thirty-six constituents of the body. Second, shifting the contemplation to observe the four colors, searching for a self and finding none. Third, contemplating the limbs and joints joined to one another, making the contemplation increasingly clear. Fourth, seeing that everything is blue-green. Because this contemplation is newly perfected, fifth, the Buddhas appear and then vanish again, causing him to reflect and contemplate easily. Sixth, contemplating the mind; this means the former contemplation of the body and the latter contemplation of the mind complete three applications of mindfulness. When two are already complete, the four are also complete; therefore, seventh, concluding with the stage of patient endurance. Eighth, clarifying that having attained superior concentration, one will certainly be able to break the precepts for the sake of beings. Here, the mindfulness of the body is clarified first, because people mostly impute purity to the body; this is the first contemplation. Baoliang states: The second gate has five sections: the contemplation of the four applications of mindfulness constitutes four, and the fifth concludes with the fruition. Below this is the contemplation of the body as devoid of self.