[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) › 5.39 # 摩訶止觀 5.39 摩訶止觀 5.39 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [5.39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1911.5.39) 答：皆由二世因緣。昔有漸觀種子，今得修行之雨，即次第發；昔有頓觀種子，即不次第發；昔有不定種子，即雜發。昔修時數具，即具發；昔修時數不具，即不具發。昔曾證得，今發則成；昔但修不證，今發不成。昔因強，今不修而發；今緣強，待修而發。昔因、今緣，二俱善巧，迴向上道，今發則益；昔因緣中雜毒，是則致損。發所因處弱，則不久；發因處強，是則久。麁、細住乃至四禪，傳傳判強弱（云云）。 > Answer: All are due to causes and conditions of the two existences. If in the past there were seeds of gradual contemplation, and in the present they receive the rain of practice, they will arise sequentially. If in the past there were seeds of sudden contemplation, they will arise non-sequentially. If in the past there were indeterminate seeds, they will arise in a mixed manner. If in the past cultivation the numbers were complete, they will arise completely; if in the past cultivation the numbers were incomplete, they will arise incompletely. If one attained realization in the past, when it arises now it will be accomplished; if in the past one merely cultivated without realization, when it arises now it will not be accomplished. If past causes are strong, it arises now without cultivation; if present conditions are strong, it awaits cultivation before arising. If both past cause and present condition are skillful, dedicated toward the supreme path, its present arising will be beneficial; if poison was mixed into past causes and conditions, it will result in harm. Where the cause from which it arises is weak, it will not endure; where the cause from which it arises is strong, it will endure. From coarse and subtle settling up to the fourth dhyāna, one successively determines strength and weakness (and so on). > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 5.38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1911.5.38) - [Next: 5.40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1911.5.40) - [Up: 5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1911.5) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1911~en-mt.5.39) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1911.5.39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1911.5.39) · Pramāṇa