釋禪波羅蜜次第法門 10.62

10.62

第一、明階位者，十一切處，初八色一切處位在第四禪中，次第九空一切處位在空處，第十識一切處位在識處。所以前三禪中不立一切處者，行者初學彼三地中有覺觀喜樂動故，不能令色遍滿停住。上無所有處定，無物可廣，亦不得快樂，佛亦不說無所有處無量無邊，故不立一切處；非有想非無想處心鈍，難取想廣大，故不立一切處。

First, as for explaining their stages: among the ten totality spheres, the stage of the first eight color totality spheres is in the fourth dhyāna; next, the stage of the ninth, the space totality sphere, is in the station of [boundless] space; the stage of the tenth, the consciousness totality sphere, is in the station of [boundless] consciousness. The reason why totality spheres are not established in the preceding three dhyānas is that when a practitioner begins to learn in those three stages, there is perturbation caused by vitarka, vicāra, prīti, and sukha; thus they cannot make the color pervade and remain still. In the station of nothingness above, there is nothing that can be expanded, nor is bliss obtained, and the Buddha also did not say that the station of nothingness is immeasurable and boundless; therefore, a totality sphere is not established [there]. In the station of neither perception nor non-perception, the mind is dull and it is difficult to grasp an expansive perception; therefore, a totality sphere is not established [there].