修習止觀坐禪法要 1.55

1.55

答曰：「此五蓋中，即具有三毒等分，四法為根本，亦得攝八萬四千諸塵勞門。一、貪欲蓋，即貪毒。二、瞋恚蓋，即瞋毒。三、睡眠及疑，此二法是癡毒。四、掉悔，即是等分攝。合為四分煩惱：一中有二萬一千，四中合為八萬四千。是故，除此五蓋，即是除一切不善之法。行者如是等種種因緣，棄於五蓋。譬如負債得脫，重病得差；如饑餓之人，得至豐國；如於惡賊中，得自免濟，安隱無患。行者亦如是，除此五蓋，其心安隱，清涼快樂。如日月以五事覆翳：煙、塵、雲、霧、羅睺阿修羅手障，則不能明照。人心五蓋，亦復如是。」

Answer: "These five hindrances inherently possess the three poisons in equal parts, taking four phenomena as their root, and they also subsume the eighty-four thousand gates of defilement. First, the hindrance of sensual desire is the poison of greed. Second, the hindrance of ill will is the poison of anger. Third, torpor-and-sleep and doubt—these two phenomena are the poison of delusion. Fourth, restlessness-and-remorse is subsumed under equal parts. Combined, they constitute the four divisions of afflictions: within each there are twenty-one thousand, and within the four they combine to make eighty-four thousand. Therefore, eliminating these five hindrances is simply eliminating all unwholesome phenomena. Through these various causes and conditions, the practitioner abandons the five hindrances. It is like being freed from debt, or recovering from a grave illness; like a starving person reaching an abundant land; like escaping on one's own from among wicked bandits, at ease and free of harm. The practitioner is also like this: eliminating these five hindrances, the mind becomes secure, cool, and joyful. Just as the sun and moon, when covered and obscured by five things—smoke, dust, clouds, fog, and the hand of the asura Rāhu—cannot shine brightly, so too it is with the five hindrances of the human mind."