釋禪波羅蜜次第法門 1.110

1.110

一、正釋諸禪次第義者，行人從初持戒清淨，厭患欲界，繫念修習阿那波那，入欲界定，依欲界定，得未到地，如是依未到地，次第獲得初禪乃至四禪，是名內色界定。次為大功德緣外眾生，受樂歡喜，次第獲得四無量心，是名外色界定。此八種禪定雖緣內外境，入定有殊，而皆屬色界攝。行者於第四禪中厭患色如牢獄，滅前內、外二種色，一心緣空，得度色難，獲得四空處定，是名無色界定。此十二門禪皆是有漏法。

First, directly explaining the meaning of the sequence of the various dhyānas: From the beginning, the practitioner maintains pure precepts, feels revulsion toward the desire realm, focuses mindfulness to cultivate ānāpāna, and enters desire-realm concentration. Relying on desire-realm concentration, one attains the anāgamya stage. In this manner, relying on the anāgamya stage, one sequentially obtains the first dhyāna up to the fourth dhyāna; these are named concentrations of internal subtle form. Next, for the sake of great merit, one takes external sentient beings as object, generating joy and delight, and sequentially obtains the four immeasurables; these are named concentrations of external subtle form. Although these eight kinds of dhyāna concentration take internal or external objects and differ in their entry into absorption, they all belong to the form realm. In the fourth dhyāna, the practitioner comes to loathe form as a prison, extinguishes the preceding two kinds of form—internal and external—and with single-minded focus takes space as object, overcoming the distress of form and attaining the four formless absorptions; these are named absorptions of the formless realm. These twelve gates of dhyāna are all defiled dharmas.