[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) › [大乘起信論裂網疏](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1850) › 6.89 # 大乘起信論裂網疏 6.89 大乘起信論裂網疏 6.89 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [6.89](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1850.6.89) 餘三昧者，指依氣息、形色等諸三昧也。雖六妙門、十六特勝、九想、十想、背捨、勝處、一切處等種種三昧，皆能發無漏慧，證三乘果。然必已發無漏，方不與外道共；若未發無漏，或亦隨禪受生，則與外道相去無幾。乃至九次第定，前八亦並與外道共；滅受想定雖云不共，仍依有頂遊觀無漏而入，未是全不共也。又雖得滅盡定，若未斷盡上地思惑，仍生五不還天，仍與外道同在捨念清淨地中，不得值遇諸佛菩薩。是故唯此真如三昧，乃能得入如來種性也。若得此三昧，則所生一切根本四禪、四無量心、四無色定、有覺有觀等三三昧，乃至觀鍊熏修一切三昧，一一皆名不共三昧，以達其不可得故，皆是摩訶衍也。如客比丘宿佛房中，佛入初禪乃至四禪，客皆隨入，佛乃更以異相而入初禪，客便茫然不知佛入何定。當知佛前所入是用共禪，故客能知能入；佛後所入是不共禪，故客不復知也。又法華三變淨土，佛亦仍用背捨、勝處及一切處三種三昧，而其神用遠非二乘所能測識，皆由不共三昧融彼共相，令共三昧皆成不共，故云真如三昧能生無量三昧也。 > "Remaining samādhis" refers to the various samādhis that rely on breath, visible forms, and so forth. Although the various samādhis such as the six marvelous gates, the sixteen extraordinary attainments, the nine perceptions, the ten perceptions, the \[eight\] liberations, the \[eight\] spheres of mastery, and the \[ten\] totalities can all give rise to untainted wisdom and realize the fruits of the three vehicles, it is only after one has already generated the untainted that they are not shared with non-Buddhists. If one has not yet generated the untainted, or takes rebirth according to dhyāna, then one differs very little from non-Buddhists. Even with the nine progressive absorptions, the first eight are entirely shared with non-Buddhists; although the absorption of the cessation of feeling and perception is said to be unshared, it is still entered by relying on the untainted contemplation of the summit of existence, and is not yet completely unshared. Furthermore, even if one attains the absorption of cessation, if one has not completely severed the afflictions of thought of the higher realms, one is still reborn in the five pure abodes, and remains together with non-Buddhists in the stage of purity of equanimity and mindfulness, unable to encounter Buddhas and bodhisattvas. Therefore, only this tathatā samādhi enables one to enter the Tathāgata's gotra. If one attains this samādhi, then all the arising fundamental four dhyānas, four immeasurables, four formless absorptions, the three samādhis with examination and reflection, up to all the samādhis of viewing, refining, perfuming, and cultivating—every single one is named an unshared samādhi, because one penetrates their unobtainability, and all are Mahāyāna. It is like a guest monk staying in the Buddha's room: when the Buddha entered from the first dhyāna up to the fourth dhyāna, the guest followed him into each; but when the Buddha entered the first dhyāna with a different mark, the guest was baffled and did not know what absorption the Buddha had entered. One should know that what the Buddha entered before used shared dhyāna, so the guest could know and enter it; what the Buddha entered afterward was unshared dhyāna, so the guest no longer knew it. Again, when the Buddha transformed the pure land three times in the \*Lotus Sūtra\*, he also still used the three kinds of samādhi—the liberations, spheres of mastery, and totalities—yet their spiritual functioning was far beyond what the two vehicles could fathom. All this is because the unshared samādhi fuses those shared characteristics, causing the shared samādhis to all become unshared; hence it is said that the tathatā samādhi can give birth to immeasurable samādhis. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 6.88](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1850.6.88) - [Next: 6.90](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1850.6.90) - [Up: 6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1850.6) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1850~en-mt.6.89) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1850.6.89](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1850.6.89) · Pramāṇa