[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) › 1.20 # 修習止觀坐禪法要 1.20 修習止觀坐禪法要 1.20 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [1.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1915.1.20) 第四、息諸緣務。有四意：一、息治生緣務，不作有為事業。二、息人間緣務，不追尋俗人朋友親戚知識，斷絕人事往還。三、息工巧技術緣務，不作世間工匠技術、醫方禁呪卜相書數算計等事。四、息學問緣務，讀誦聽學等悉皆棄捨。此為息諸緣務。所以者何？若多緣務，則行道事癈，心亂難攝。 > Fourth, setting aside various worldly affairs and duties. There are four points: First, setting aside affairs related to earning a living, not engaging in worldly enterprises. Second, setting aside social affairs in the human world, not seeking out lay friends, relatives, or acquaintances, severing social interactions. Third, setting aside affairs of crafts and technical skills, not practicing worldly crafts, medical prescriptions, incantations, divination, physiognomy, calligraphy, mathematics, calculation, or similar pursuits. Fourth, setting aside affairs of scholarly learning, abandoning reading, chanting, listening to lectures, and studying. This is what is meant by setting aside various worldly affairs and duties. Why? Because if one has many worldly duties, the practice of the Path is neglected, and the mind becomes distracted and difficult to gather. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 1.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1915.1.19) - [Next: 1.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1915.1.21) - [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.1.20) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (1) - [釋禪波羅蜜次第法門](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1916.2.74) — Classical Chinese --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1915.1.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1915.1.20) · Pramāṇa