[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) › [修習止觀坐禪法要](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1915) › 1.146 # 修習止觀坐禪法要 1.146 修習止觀坐禪法要 1.146 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [1.146](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1915.1.146) 三者、魔惱。是魔多化作三種五塵境界相來破善心：一、作違情事，則可畏五塵令人恐懼。二、作順情事，則可愛五塵令人心著。三、非違非順事，則平等五塵動亂行者。是故魔名殺者；亦名華箭；亦名五箭，射人五情故。名色中作種種境界，惑亂行人。作順情境者，或作父母兄弟、諸佛形像、端正男女可愛之境，令人心著。作違情境界者，或作虎狼師子羅剎之形，種種可畏之像，來怖行人。作非違非順境者，則平常之事，動亂人心，令失禪定，故名為魔。或作種種好惡之音聲，作種種香臭之氣，作種種好惡之味，作種種苦樂境界來觸人身，皆是魔事。其相眾多，今不具說。舉要言之：若作種種五塵，惱亂於人，令失善法，起諸煩惱，皆是魔軍。以能破壞平等佛法，令起貪欲、憂愁、瞋恚、睡眠等諸障道法。如經偈中說： > Third is afflictions by demons (Māra). These demons mostly manifest transformations of three kinds of sensory states of the five sense objects to destroy one's wholesome mind: First, creating circumstances contrary to one's desires, where frightening five sense objects cause one to feel fear. Second, creating circumstances agreeable to one's desires, where lovely five sense objects cause one's mind to become attached. Third, creating circumstances neither contrary nor agreeable, where ordinary five sense objects agitate the practitioner. Therefore, Māra is called the 'Killer'; he is also called 'Flower Arrow'; he is also called 'Five Arrows', because he shoots at humanity's five passions. Within name-and-form he creates various objects to bewilder the practitioner. As for creating agreeable objects: he may manifest parents, siblings, images of Buddhas, or handsome men and women in delightful circumstances to make one's mind attached. As for creating contrary objects: he may manifest the forms of tigers, wolves, lions, or rākṣasas, various terrifying images, to frighten the practitioner. As for creating circumstances neither contrary nor agreeable: they are ordinary matters that agitate people's minds and cause them to lose dhyāna-concentration; hence he is called Māra. Or he may produce various pleasant and unpleasant sounds, produce various fragrant and foul odours, produce various good and bad tastes, or produce various painful and pleasurable objects to touch a person's body—all these are demonic affairs. Their marks are numerous, and will not be fully stated now. To summarize: if they produce various five sense objects to afflict and perturb a person, causing one to lose wholesome dharmas and give rise to various afflictions, they are all the armies of Māra. This is because they can destroy the impartial Buddha-Dharma and cause greed, sorrow, anger, torpor, and other obstacles to the Path to arise. As stated in a sūtra verse: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 1.145](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1915.1.145) - [Next: 1.147](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1915.1.147) - [Up: 1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1915.1) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1915~en-mt.1.146) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1915.1.146](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1915.1.146) · Pramāṇa