[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) › 4.90 # 釋禪波羅蜜次第法門 4.90 釋禪波羅蜜次第法門 4.90 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [4.90](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1916.4.90) 五、觀析治病者，用正智慧檢受病既不可得，四大之患即自消滅。若是鬼神及因魔羅得病，當用強心加呪，及以觀照等法助治之。若是業病，必須助以修福、懺悔、轉讀，患即自滅。此五種治病之法，若行人善得一意，則可自行兼他，況復具足通達。若都不知其一，則患生無治，非唯廢修正業，亦恐性命有慮，豈可自行教人？是故欲修禪之者，必須善解內心治病之法。內心治病方法眾多，豈可具傳於文？若欲習知，當更尋訪上來所出是旨，是示其大意。若但依此文，文既闕略，恐未可定怙，智者善得其意，方便迴轉，無善知識之處，亦足權以救急。 > Fifth, curing disease through contemplation and analysis: by using correct wisdom to examine that the disease being experienced is completely ungraspable, the disorders of the four great elements will naturally dissolve and disappear. If the disease is caused by ghosts and spirits or through Māra, one should apply a resolute mind, supplemented by dhāraṇīs and practices such as contemplative illumination to assist in curing it. If it is a karmic disease, one must supplement \[treatment\] by cultivating merit, repenting, and chanting and reciting \[sūtras\], whereupon the affliction will naturally vanish. Among these five methods of curing disease, if a practitioner skillfully grasps even a single principle, he can practice it for himself as well as help others—how much more so if he is fully accomplished and thoroughly versed in them! If one does not know even a single one of them, then when afflictions arise there will be no cure; not only will one abandon the cultivation of correct karma, but there are also concerns regarding one's very life—how could one practice oneself or teach others? For this reason, whoever wishes to cultivate dhyāna must skillfully understand the internal mind's methods for curing disease. The methods of curing disease with the internal mind are manifold; how could they all be transmitted in writing? If one wishes to study and know them, one should further seek out and inquire into the principles set forth above; this merely indicates their general import. If one merely relies on this text, since the text is brief and incomplete, it is feared that it cannot be relied upon definitively. If a wise person skillfully grasps its meaning, adapting expediently, then even in a place where there is no good spiritual friend, this will suffice as a provisional means to deal with an emergency. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 4.89](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1916.4.89) - [Next: 4.91](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1916.4.91) - [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.4.90) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1916.4.90](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1916.4.90) · Pramāṇa