[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) › 9.9 # 摩訶止觀 9.9 摩訶止觀 9.9 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [9.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1911.9.9) 四禪，世間本有，凡夫、外道共；專修此者祇發有漏。自行，十二門；化他，讚法讚者。《大經》云「所謂四十八年」，即此意也。 > The four dhyānas exist originally in the mundane world and are shared by ordinary people and tīrthikas; one who exclusively cultivates them gives rise only to the tainted. In self-cultivation, they are the twelve gates; in transforming others, one praises the Dharma and praises the practitioner. When the Great Sūtra says, 'What is called forty-eight years,' this is precisely what it means. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 9.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1911.9.8) - [Next: 9.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1911.9.10) - [Up: 9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1911.9) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1911~en-mt.9.9) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1911.9.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1911.9.9) · Pramāṇa