[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) › [釋禪波羅蜜次第法門](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1916) › 1.38 # 釋禪波羅蜜次第法門 1.38 釋禪波羅蜜次第法門 1.38 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [1.38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1916.1.38) 禪為利智藏，功德之福田； 禪如清淨水，能洗諸欲塵； 禪為金剛鎧，能遮煩惱箭。 雖未得無為，涅槃分已得。 得金剛三昧，摧碎結使山。 得六神通力，能度無量人。 囂塵蔽天日，大雨能淹之。 覺觀風動之，禪定能滅之。 > "Dhyāna is a treasury of sharp wisdom, / a field of merit for virtues; / dhyāna is like pure water, / able to wash away the dust of desires; / dhyāna is vajra armor, / able to ward off the arrows of affliction. / Although one has not yet attained the unconditioned, / a share of nirvāṇa has already been obtained. / Attaining the vajra-samādhi, / one crushes the mountain of fetters. / Attaining the power of the six supernormal knowledges, / one can deliver immeasurable people. / When clamorous dust obscures the sun in the sky, / heavy rain can quench it; / when the wind of vitarka and vicāra stirs it, / dhyāna-concentration can extinguish it." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 1.37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1916.1.37) - [Next: 1.39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1916.1.39) - [Up: 1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1916.1) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1916~en-mt.1.38) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1916.1.38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1916.1.38) · Pramāṇa