[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) › 4.74 # 釋禪波羅蜜次第法門 4.74 釋禪波羅蜜次第法門 4.74 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [4.74](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1916.4.74) 四、約次第立安心法者，遮障既除，自有行人欲從淺至深，具足修一切禪定，應從阿那般那中而教數息；證根本四禪空定已，次教隨息；證十六特勝已，次應觀息；具足通明之禪，次教不淨觀，入九想、背捨等禪，乃至次應觀心性，入九種大禪。禪定次第並如上。 > Fourth, establishing the method of settling the mind in terms of sequence: once obstacles are removed, there are practitioners who wish to progress from the shallow to the deep and cultivate all dhyānas and samādhis to completion. One should teach them breath-counting through ānāpāna; after realizing the fundamental four dhyānas and formless absorptions, next teach following the breath; after realizing the sixteen sublime practices, next one should \[teach\] observing the breath; fulfilling the dhyāna of penetrating clarity, next teach the contemplation of impurity, entering dhyānas such as the nine notions and the liberations, up to next observing the nature of the mind and entering the nine kinds of great dhyāna. The sequence of dhyānas and absorptions is entirely as described above. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 4.73](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1916.4.73) - [Next: 4.75](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1916.4.75) - [Up: 4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1916.4) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1916~en-mt.4.74) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1916.4.74](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1916.4.74) · Pramāṇa