[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) › 3.66 # 釋禪波羅蜜次第法門 3.66 釋禪波羅蜜次第法門 3.66 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [3.66](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1916.3.66) 答曰：亦有是魔所作。若欲分別，但魔名殺者。若此等相發時，能令行人心識動亂，或復增諸煩惱，逼迫障蔽，眾多妨難，不利定心，悉是魔之所作。其善根發者，行人自覺，見此相已，雖復未證禪定，而身心明白，諸根清淨，身有色力，所為吉利，善念開發，因此已後，自覺心神易可攝錄，身心安隱，無諸過患。當知此為善根發相。復次，若此等事，善根發者，報因之相則暫現便謝，習因心善則相續不斷。若是魔作相，則久久不滅，雖謝更來，逼亂行者，善心則暫發還滅，或時變成惡念，當知邪也。復次，邪正之相甚為難測，自非親近明師，非可妄取。 > Answer: There are also those produced by Māra. If one wishes to distinguish them: "Māra" simply means "killer." If, when these signs arise, they can cause the practitioner's mental consciousness to become agitated and confused, or further increase various defilements, oppressing, obstructing, and causing numerous impediments unfavorable to the concentrated mind, they are all produced by Māra. As for the arising of wholesome roots: practitioners perceive for themselves that after seeing these signs, although they have not yet realized dhyāna-concentration, their bodies and minds are clear and bright, their sense faculties pure, their bodies possess physical strength, what they do is auspicious, and wholesome thoughts unfold; from this time onward, they feel their minds are easy to collect, their bodies and minds are secure and tranquil, and free from various faults. One should know that these are the signs of wholesome roots arising. Furthermore, in such matters, if wholesome roots arise, the signs of retributive causes manifest temporarily and then subside, while the wholesome mind of habitual causes continues unbroken. If they are signs produced by Māra, they do not disappear for a long time; even though they subside, they return again to oppress and disturb the practitioner, while the wholesome mind only arises temporarily and then vanishes, or at times turns into unwholesome thoughts; one should know that this is demonic. Furthermore, demonic and correct signs are extremely difficult to fathom; unless one stays close to an enlightened master, one must not rashly accept them. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 3.65](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1916.3.65) - [Next: 3.67](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1916.3.67) - [Up: 3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1916.3) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1916~en-mt.3.66) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1916.3.66](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1916.3.66) · Pramāṇa