釋禪波羅蜜次第法門 2.97

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第三、訶睡眠蓋者，內心惛暗，名為睡；放恣支節，委臥垂熟，名為眠。復次，意識惛冥，名為睡；五情闇蔽惛熟，名為眠。以是因緣，名為睡眠蓋。《阿毘曇》中說：「為增心數法，能破今世三事，謂樂、利樂、福德；又能破今世、後世實樂。」如此惡法，最為不善。何以故？餘蓋情覺可除，眠如死人，無所覺識。以不覺故，難可除滅。如有菩薩教睡眠弟子言：

Third, rebuking the hindrance of torpor and sleep: internal darkness of the mind is called torpor; giving license to the limbs and lying down limp, falling into deep slumber, is called sleep. Furthermore, darkness and dimness of mental consciousness is called torpor; the five senses being obscured and falling into deep slumber is called sleep. Due to these causes and conditions, it is called the hindrance of torpor and sleep. The Abhidharma says: “As an augmenting mental factor, it can ruin three things in the present life: pleasure, prosperity, and merit; it can also ruin genuine joy in both the present and future lives.” Such an evil dharma is the most unwholesome. Why is this? The other hindrances can be removed through feeling and awareness, but sleep is like a dead person, devoid of awareness and consciousness. Because there is no awareness, it is difficult to eliminate. As a bodhisattva instructed a disciple prone to sleep, saying: