[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) › [摩訶止觀](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1911) › 4.7 # 摩訶止觀 4.7 摩訶止觀 4.7 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [4.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1911.4.7) 世間淺事非緣不合，何況出世之道？若無弄引，何易可階？故歷二十五法約事為觀，調麁入細，檢散令靜，故為止觀遠方便也。此五法，三科出《大論》，一種出《禪經》，一是諸禪師立。 > If even shallow worldly matters do not coalesce without conditions, how much more so the supramundane way? If there were no preliminary lead-in, how could one easily ascend it? Therefore, passing through the twenty-five methods, one takes concrete matters as \[the objects of\] contemplation, attuning the coarse to enter the subtle, checking the scattered to make it tranquil; hence they are the remote expedients for calming and contemplation. Among these five methods, three categories are drawn from the Da zhidu lun, one from a Meditation Sūtra, and one was established by various meditation masters. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 4.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1911.4.6) - [Next: 4.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1911.4.8) - [Up: 4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1911.4) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1911~en-mt.4.7) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1911.4.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1911.4.7) · Pramāṇa