釋禪波羅蜜次第法門 4.86

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復次，有十二種息能治眾患：一、謂上息；二、下息；三、滿息；四、燋息；五、增長息；六、滅壞息；七、暖息；八、冷息；九、衝息；十、持息；十一、和息；十二、補息。此十二息皆心中作想而用。今略明十二息對治患之相。上息治沈重，下息治虛懸，滿息治枯瘠，燋息治腫滿，增長息治損，滅壞息治增，暖息治冷，冷息治熱，衝息治壅結不通，持息治戰動，和息通治四大不和，補息資補四大。善用此息，可以遍治眾患，用之失所，各生眾患，推之可知。諸師用息治病，方法眾多（云云），不備說，今略示一兩條，令知大意。

Furthermore, there are twelve kinds of breath that can cure various afflictions: first, rising breath; second, descending breath; third, filling breath; fourth, scorching breath; fifth, increasing breath; sixth, destroying breath; seventh, warming breath; eighth, cooling breath; ninth, surging breath; tenth, holding breath; eleventh, harmonizing breath; twelfth, tonifying breath. These twelve breaths are all employed through visualization in the mind. Now I will briefly explain the characteristics of how the twelve breaths counteract afflictions: the rising breath treats heaviness; the descending breath treats floating emptiness; the filling breath treats withered emaciation; the scorching breath treats swelling and fullness; the increasing breath treats deficiency; the destroying breath treats excess; the warming breath treats cold; the cooling breath treats heat; the surging breath treats congestion and blockage; the holding breath treats trembling and agitation; the harmonizing breath generally treats disharmony of the four great elements; the tonifying breath nourishes and tonifies the four great elements. Skillful use of these breaths can universally cure various afflictions; misapplying them will each generate various afflictions, as can be deduced. The methods used by various masters to cure illness with the breath are manifold (and so forth) and are not fully described; here I briefly indicate one or two items to convey the general idea.