[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) › 8.64 # 摩訶止觀 8.64 摩訶止觀 8.64 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [8.64](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1911.8.64) 今所觀者，業報生身。四蛇動作，廢修聖道；若能觀察，彌益用心。上智利根解前安忍，則於病境通達，不勞重論。為不解者，今更分別。如躃大樹，萬斧便倒；如琢巨石，億下乃穿，故重說也。 > What is contemplated at present is the karmically retributional physical body. When the four serpents act, they cause the cessation of practicing the noble path; yet if one can contemplate them, it brings all the more benefit to one's mental application. Those of superior wisdom and sharp faculties who understand the prior calm endurance will penetrate the realm of sickness without needing repeated explanation. For those who do not understand, I now differentiate it again. Just as felling a great tree takes ten thousand axe blows to fall, or carving a huge rock takes a hundred million strikes to pierce through, therefore it is explained again. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 8.63](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1911.8.63) - [Next: 8.65](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1911.8.65) - [Up: 8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1911.8) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1911~en-mt.8.64) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1911.8.64](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1911.8.64) · Pramāṇa