[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) › 2.116 # 釋禪波羅蜜次第法門 2.116 釋禪波羅蜜次第法門 2.116 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [2.116](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1916.2.116) 第二、調睡眠者，夫眠是無明惑覆之法，雖不可縱之，若都不眠，則心神虛恍；若其眠寐過多，非唯廢修聖法，亦復空喪功夫，令心暗晦，善根沈沒。當覺悟無常，調伏睡眠，令神道清白，念心明淨，如是乃可棲心聖境，三昧現前。故經云：「初夜、後夜亦勿有廢，無以睡眠因緣，令一生空過，無所得也。當念無常之火燒諸世間，早求自度，勿睡眠也。」 > Second, regulating sleep: sleep is a dharma that obscures through the delusion of ignorance, and although one must not indulge it, if one does not sleep at all, the mind and spirit become flighty and unsettled; if one sleeps excessively, not only does it waste the cultivation of the noble Dharma, but it also squanders one's efforts in vain, causing the mind to become dark and dim, and wholesome roots to sink away. One should be awakened to impermanence and tame sleep, so that the path of the spirit is pure and bright, and the mindful mind is clear and lucid; only then can one settle the mind in the noble realm, and samādhi will manifest before one. Thus the sūtra says: “During the early night and the later night, do not neglect \[practice\]; do not, on account of sleep, let an entire life pass in vain with nothing attained. Reflect on the fire of impermanence burning all worlds; quickly seek to deliver yourself, and do not sleep.” > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 2.115](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1916.2.115) - [Next: 2.117](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1916.2.117) - [Up: 2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1916.2) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1916~en-mt.2.116) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (1) - [修習止觀坐禪法要](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1915.1.60) — Classical Chinese --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1916.2.116](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1916.2.116) · Pramāṇa