釋禪波羅蜜次第法門 5.162

5.162

聖人得能捨，餘人捨為難。
若能知樂患，見不動大安。
憂喜先已除，苦樂今亦斷，
捨念清淨心，入第四禪中。
第三禪中樂，無常動故苦，
欲界中斷憂，初二禪除苦。
是故佛世尊，第四禪中說，
先已斷憂苦，今則除苦樂。

"The noble ones are able to renounce it, / for other people, renouncing it is difficult. / If one can know the affliction of bliss, / one sees the great peace of the unshakeable. / Grief and joy were already removed before, / suffering and bliss are now also severed; / with a mind of pure equanimity and mindfulness, / one enters into the fourth dhyāna. / The bliss in the third dhyāna / is suffering because it is impermanent and fluctuating. / In the desire realm, grief is severed; / in the first and second dhyānas, suffering is removed. / Therefore the Buddha, the World-Honoured One, / taught regarding the fourth dhyāna / that having already severed grief and suffering earlier, / now suffering and bliss are both removed."