修習止觀坐禪法要 1.105

1.105

五、為均齊定慧修止觀。行者於坐禪中，因修止故，或因修觀，而入禪定。雖得入定，而無觀慧，是為癡定，不能斷結。或觀慧微少，即不能發起真慧，斷諸結使，發諸法門。爾時應當修觀破析，則定慧均等，能斷結使，證諸法門。行者於坐禪時，因修觀故，而心豁然開悟，智慧分明，而定心微少，心則動散，如風中燈，照物不了，不能出離生死，爾時應當復修於止。以修止故，則得定心，如密室中燈，則能破暗，照物分明。是則略說均齊定慧二法修止觀也。行者若能如是於端身正坐之中，善用此五番修止觀意，取捨不失其宜，當知是人善修佛法；能善修故，必於一生不空過也。

Fifth, cultivating calming and contemplation to equalize concentration and wisdom. When the practitioner sits in meditation, because of cultivating calming, or because of cultivating contemplation, they enter dhyāna-concentration. Although they manage to enter concentration, they lack contemplative wisdom; this is foolish concentration, incapable of severing fetters. Or if contemplative wisdom is meager, it cannot give rise to true wisdom, sever the fetters and entanglements, or manifest the approaches to the Dharma. At that time, one should cultivate contemplation to analyze and break through; then concentration and wisdom will be equalized, able to sever the fetters and entanglements and realize the approaches to the Dharma. When the practitioner sits in meditation, if because of cultivating contemplation the mind suddenly awakens and opens, and wisdom is clear, but the mind of concentration is meager, the mind will move and scatter like a lamp in the wind, not illuminating objects clearly, incapable of escaping birth and death; at that time, one should again cultivate calming. Because of cultivating calming, one attains the mind of concentration, like a lamp in a closed room, which can dispel darkness and illuminate objects clearly. This is a brief explanation of cultivating calming and contemplation to equalize the two dharmas of concentration and wisdom. If the practitioner can thus, in the midst of sitting upright and proper, skillfully use these five rounds of the meaning of cultivating calming and contemplation, taking up and letting go without losing suitability, one should know that this person skillfully cultivates the Buddha Dharma. Because they can cultivate skillfully, they will certainly not pass this single lifetime in vain.