[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) › 6.65 # 釋禪波羅蜜次第法門 6.65 釋禪波羅蜜次第法門 6.65 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [6.65](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1916.6.65) 捨相應心者，行者從喜定出，心自思念：「若慈與眾生樂，悲欲拔苦，喜令歡喜，而計我能利益，不忘二事，即非勝行。譬如慈父益子，不求恩德，乃曰真親。復次，眾生得樂有多因緣，不獨由我，若言我能與樂，則為過分。復次，慈心與樂，但是得解，然諸眾生實不得樂，若以為實，即是顛倒。復次，是諸眾生受苦樂，憂喜心生。憂喜心生即是結使，難得解脫。我今欲與清淨善法，不應住此三心。復次，我雖慈悲愛念，於彼無益，今當捨此三心，行諸善法，實利眾生。」如是念已，即捨三心，一心發願：「願一切眾生皆得妙捨莊嚴，令我悉見。」作是念已，即入禪定，用念清淨心取於親人受不苦不樂之相，一心緣之。若有異念，攝之令還，令於心想的的分明，見於前人受不苦不樂，如是次第緣中人、怨人、十方、五道一切眾生皆是不苦不樂，其心平等。是則略明修捨方法。 > 'A mind accompanied by equanimity' means: the practitioner emerges from the absorption of sympathetic joy and contemplates within their mind: 'If loving-kindness gives sentient beings happiness, compassion wishes to eradicate their suffering, and sympathetic joy brings them delight and joy, yet I calculate that I am capable of benefiting them and fail to forget these two matters, then this is not superior practice. For example, a loving father who benefits his child without seeking gratitude is truly close. Furthermore, sentient beings attain happiness through many causes and conditions, not solely because of me; to say that I can give them happiness is an overstatement. Furthermore, giving happiness with the mind of loving-kindness is merely resolute conviction; sentient beings do not actually attain happiness. If one takes it to be real, that is delusion. Furthermore, when these sentient beings experience suffering and happiness, minds of sorrow and joy arise; the arising of minds of sorrow and joy is itself a fetter, difficult to liberate from. I now wish to bestow pure and wholesome dharmas, and should not abide in these three minds. Furthermore, although I have loving-kindness, compassion, and affection, it is of no benefit to them; I should now relinquish these three minds, practice all wholesome dharmas, and truly benefit sentient beings.' Having contemplated thus, they immediately abandon the three minds and single-mindedly make an aspiration: 'May all sentient beings attain the adornment of sublime equanimity, and may I see it all.' Having made this aspiration, they enter dhyāna absorption, and with a mind of pure mindfulness take the sign of dear ones experiencing neither-suffering-nor-happiness, focusing on it with single-mindedness. If there are other thoughts, they gather them back, making it distinctly clear in mental visualization, seeing the persons before them experiencing neither-suffering-nor-happiness. In this sequential order, they focus on neutral persons, hostile persons, and all sentient beings of the ten directions and the five destinies, all experiencing neither-suffering-nor-happiness, with a mind that is impartial. This is a brief explanation of the method of cultivating equanimity. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 6.64](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1916.6.64) - [Next: 6.66](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1916.6.66) - [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.6.65) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1916.6.65](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1916.6.65) · Pramāṇa