[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) › 5.58 # 釋禪波羅蜜次第法門 5.58 釋禪波羅蜜次第法門 5.58 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [5.58](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1916.5.58) 此八雖有十六，並約四大而發，因四大生：地中四者，重、沈、堅、澁；水中四者，涼、冷、軟、滑；火中四者，暖、熱、猗、痒；風中四者，動、掉、輕、浮。故《金光明》云：「地水二蛇，其性沈下；風火二蛇，性輕上昇。」 > Although these eight have sixteen varieties, all arise in relation to the four great elements and are generated through the four great elements: the four within earth are heaviness, sinking, hardness, and roughness; the four within water are coolness, coldness, softness, and slipperiness; the four within fire are warmth, heat, peaceful ease, and itching; the four within wind are movement, restlessness, lightness, and buoyancy. Therefore the Suvarṇaprabhāsa says: 'The two serpents of earth and water, their nature is to sink downward; the two serpents of wind and fire, their nature is light and ascends.' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 5.57](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1916.5.57) - [Next: 5.59](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1916.5.59) - [Up: 5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1916.5) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1916~en-mt.5.58) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1916.5.58](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1916.5.58) · Pramāṇa