[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) › 1.57 # 釋禪波羅蜜次第法門 1.57 釋禪波羅蜜次第法門 1.57 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [1.57](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1916.1.57) 第一、先翻共名者，禪是外國之言，此間翻則不定。今略出三翻：一、《摩訶衍論》中翻禪，秦言思惟修；二、舉例往翻，如檀波羅蜜，此言布施度，禪波羅蜜，此言定度，故知用定以翻禪；三、阿毘曇中用功德叢林以翻禪。 > First, as for translating the shared name: \*chan\* (dhyāna) is a foreign word; translations here vary. Now three translations are briefly presented: first, in the Mahāyāna Treatise, \*chan\* is translated into the language of Qin as "cultivation of thought" (cintā-bhāvanā); second, translating by analogy, just as \*dāna-pāramitā\* is called here the "perfection of giving" and \*dhyāna-pāramitā\* is called here the "perfection of concentration," we know that "concentration" is used to translate \*chan\*; third, in the Abhidharma, "thicket of merits" is used to translate \*chan\*. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 1.56](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1916.1.56) - [Next: 1.58](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1916.1.58) - [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.1.57) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1916.1.57](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1916.1.57) · Pramāṇa