釋禪波羅蜜次第法門 6.150

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第二、修行方法，亦有二：一者、訶讚；二者、觀行修習。訶責者，深知無想中過罪，是無所有定，如癡如醉，如眠如暗，無明覆蔽，無所覺了，無可愛樂，故《摩訶衍》云：「觀於識處如瘡如箭，觀無想處如癡，皆是心病，非真寂靜處。更有妙定，名曰非想，是處安隱，無諸過罪，我當求之。」

Second, the method of cultivation also has two parts: first, disparagement and praise; second, contemplative practice and cultivation. As for disparagement, one deeply knows the faults and errors in non-perception: this absorption of nothingness is like stupor, like intoxication, like sleep, like darkness, obscured by ignorance, lacking discernment, with nothing to delight in. Therefore the *Mahāyāna-[śāstra]* says: 'Contemplating the base of consciousness as like an ulcer, like an arrow; contemplating the base of non-perception as like stupor—these are all mental illnesses, not true places of serenity. There is a further sublime absorption called neither-perception; that state is peaceful and secure, free of all faults, and I should seek it.'