[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) › 5.96 # 釋禪波羅蜜次第法門 5.96 釋禪波羅蜜次第法門 5.96 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [5.96](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1916.5.96) 第四、明淺深者，初禪發時，五支及默然心前後不無麁細之異，故有淺深，應須分別。所以者何？如論云：「佛弟子修諸禪時，有下、中、上，名為三品。離此三品，一品為三，故有九品淺深之相。若細而論，則應有無量品。」外道得定亦有淺深，而不作品說者，以其心麁，於定中不覺故，亦以不修無漏觀慧照了，則心不覺知。 > Fourth, explaining shallowness and depth: when the first dhyāna arises, the five factors and the silent mind are not without differences of coarseness and subtlety between earlier and later stages; therefore, there are shallowness and depth, which must be distinguished. Why? As the treatise says: 'When disciples of the Buddha cultivate the dhyānas, there are lower, middle, and upper, called the three grades. Dividing each of these three grades into three, there are characteristics of nine grades of shallowness and depth. If one discusses it subtly, there should be immeasurable grades.' When non-Buddhists attain absorption, there are also shallowness and depth, but they do not formulate them as grades because their minds are coarse and they do not perceive them within absorption, and also because they do not cultivate undefiled contemplative wisdom to illuminate them clearly, so their minds do not perceive or know them. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 5.95](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1916.5.95) - [Next: 5.97](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1916.5.97) - [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.5.96) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1916.5.96](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1916.5.96) · Pramāṇa