[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) › 6.108 # 釋禪波羅蜜次第法門 6.108 釋禪波羅蜜次第法門 6.108 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [6.108](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1916.6.108) 第二、明有支無支者，餘經論中明四無色定，例不立支，唯《纓絡經》云：「四空定，五支為因，第六默然心為定體，方便道同，體用相似故。」若依《纓絡》所說，虛空定即有五支。五支者，如經說：「一、想；二、護；三、正；四、觀；五、一心。」但上來四禪悉有支相貌可見，今此空定既無別證支離之法，此恐是據修空方便，義立為支，故經言：「方便道同，體用相似故。」餘經論悉不立支者，當是為自體無有別證支林成就之相，而於《纓絡》中說有支者，多是據方便及約義故說支。 > Second, explaining whether there are factors or no factors: other sūtras and treatises, in explaining the four formless absorptions, generally do not establish factors. Only the Yingluo jing states: 'In the four formless absorptions, five factors serve as the cause, and the sixth, the silent mind, is the absorption's essence, because the paths of expedient means are identical and their essence and function are similar.' If one relies on what is stated in the Yingluo, the space absorption indeed has five factors. As for the five factors, as the sūtra says: '1. ideation; 2. guarding; 3. correctness; 4. contemplation; 5. ekāgratā.' However, while the four dhyānas mentioned above all have discernible features of their factors, now this space absorption has no separately realized distinct dharmas as factors. This is probably based on the expedient means for cultivating space, conventionally establishing them as factors. Thus the sūtra states: 'Because the paths of expedient means are identical and their essence and function are similar.' That other sūtras and treatises all do not establish factors must be because their own essence lacks the marks of completing separately realized limbs and branches; that the Yingluo speaks of having factors is mostly based on expedient means and formulated according to principle. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 6.107](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1916.6.107) - [Next: 6.109](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1916.6.109) - [Up: 6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1916.6) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1916~en-mt.6.108) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1916.6.108](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1916.6.108) · Pramāṇa