釋禪波羅蜜次第法門 2.125

2.125

答曰：亦有此事。心急相者，由坐中撮心，用念望得，因此入定，是故氣上向，胸臆急痛。當寬放其心，想氣流下，患自差矣。若心寬相者，覺心志遊漫，身好萎蛇，或口涎流，或時暗晦，爾時應當歛身急念，令心住在緣中，身體相持，以此為治。心有澁滑之相，推之可知。是為初入定時調心方法。欲入定時，本是從麁入細，是以身既為麁，息居其中，心最為細，以善方便調麁就細，令心安靜，此則入定初方便也。

Answer: This also occurs. As for the mark of a tense mind: it arises because during sitting one constricts the mind, grasping with thoughts in the hope of attainment, and seeking to enter concentration thereby; consequently the breath rushes upward, causing acute chest pain. One should relax the mind and visualize the breath flowing downward, and the affliction will naturally clear up. As for the mark of a lax mind: one senses the mind roaming aimlessly, the body tends to slump, or saliva drools from the mouth, or the mind occasionally becomes dark and dull. At that time, one should pull the body together and tauten mindfulness, keeping the mind abiding in its object of focus, holding the physical body upright; use this as the remedy. That the mind has marks of sluggishness and slipperiness can be known by inference. This is the method for regulating the mind upon initial entry into concentration. When one wishes to enter concentration, it is fundamentally a transition from the coarse to the subtle; therefore, since the body is coarse, the breath occupies the middle, and the mind is the most subtle, by using skillful expedient means one regulates the coarse to approach the subtle, making the mind peaceful and tranquil. This, then, is the initial expedient means for entering concentration.