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# 釋禪波羅蜜次第法門 4.53

釋禪波羅蜜次第法門 4.53

- **Language:** Classical Chinese

### [4.53](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1916.4.53)

一、明治沈昏闇塞障發者，惡業病相，如前說。對治，應教觀應佛三十二相中隨取一相，或先取佛眉間毫相，閉目而觀。若心闇鈍，懸作不成，當對一好端嚴形像，一心取相，緣之入定。若不明了，即開眼更觀，復更閉目。如是取一相明了，次第遍觀眾相，使心眼開明，即破昏睡沈闇之心，念佛功德則除罪障。

> First, explaining the treatment for the arising of the obstruction of torpor, dullness, and blockage: the symptoms of the disease of evil karma are as explained before. For counteraction, one should teach them to take any one mark among the thirty-two marks of the response Buddha, or first take the curl-of-hair mark between the Buddha's eyebrows and close the eyes to contemplate it. If the mind is dull and dark so that visualizing from memory fails, one should face an excellent, dignified image, taking the mark with a unified mind and conditioning upon it to enter absorption. If it is not distinct, open the eyes and contemplate it again, then close the eyes again. In this way, having apprehended one mark distinctly, contemplate all the marks comprehensively in sequence, causing the mind's eye to open and brighten; this shatters the mind of sleepiness, torpor, and darkness, and the merit of mindfulness of the Buddha then eliminates karmic obstacles.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

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