釋禪波羅蜜次第法門 10.108

10.108

次釋師子奮迅三昧。今明師子奮迅三昧者，如《般若經》中說，行者依九次第定入師子奮迅三昧。云何名師子三昧？離欲，離不善法，有覺有觀，離生喜樂，入初禪，如是次第入二禪、三禪、四禪、空處、識處、不用處、非有想非無想處，入滅受想定，從滅受想定起，還入非有想非無想定，從非有想非無想處起，還入不用處，如是次第，還入識處，入空處，入四禪，入三禪，入二禪，入初禪，是名師子奮迅三昧也。譬如師子奮迅之時，非但能前進奮迅而去，亦能却行奮迅而歸，一切諸獸所不能爾。行者入此法門亦復如是，非但能心心次第從於初禪，直至滅受，亦能從滅受想定却入非想，入至初禪。此則義同師子奮迅，上來諸禪所不能爾，故說此定為師子奮迅三昧。

Next, the lion's sprint samādhi is explained. Now, to elucidate the lion's sprint samādhi: as stated in the Prajñāpāramitā Sūtra, the practitioner relies on the nine sequential absorptions to enter the lion's sprint samādhi. What is called the lion samādhi? Detached from desires and detached from unwholesome phenomena, with vitarka and vicāra, with joy and pleasure born of detachment, one enters the first dhyāna. In this sequence, one enters the second dhyāna, the third dhyāna, the fourth dhyāna, the station of [infinite] space, the station of [infinite] consciousness, the station of nothingness, and the station of neither-notion-nor-non-notion, and enters nirodha-samāpatti. Arising from nirodha-samāpatti, one re-enters the absorption of neither-notion-nor-non-notion; arising from the station of neither-notion-nor-non-notion, one re-enters the station of nothingness; in this sequence, one re-enters the station of consciousness, enters the station of space, enters the fourth dhyāna, enters the third dhyāna, enters the second dhyāna, and enters the first dhyāna. This is called the lion's sprint samādhi. For instance, when a lion sprints, it can not only sprint forward and go, but can also sprint backward and return, which no other beast can do. When the practitioner enters this Dharma gate, it is also like this: not only can one sequentially proceed mind-moment by mind-moment from the first dhyāna directly to cessation of feeling [and notion], but one can also retrace from nirodha-samāpatti back into neither-notion, down to the first dhyāna. This meaning is identical to the lion's sprint; none of the previous dhyānas can do this, and therefore this absorption is called the lion's sprint samādhi.