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第六、功德者，四禪亦具離過、善心二種功德，如《大集經》說者：「離五蓋，具四支。」而獨四禪有離憂、喜、苦、樂之過，善心：敬、信、慚、愧等及六善法，悉從不動定四禪而發。功德善根深厚，倍勝於上，類前可解。

Sixth, regarding merits: the fourth dhyāna also possesses the two kinds of merits, namely abandoning faults and possessing wholesome mental states. As stated in the Mahāsaṃnipāta-sūtra: "Free from the five hindrances and endowed with the four factors." Yet the fourth dhyāna alone possesses the abandonment of the faults of sorrow, joy, pain, and pleasure; wholesome mental states—reverence, faith, shame, conscience, and so forth, as well as the six wholesome dharmas—all arise from the immovable absorption of the fourth dhyāna. Its merits and roots of goodness are profound and abundant, twice as superior as those above, which can be understood by analogy with the preceding.