[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) › 7.16 # 釋禪波羅蜜次第法門 7.16 釋禪波羅蜜次第法門 7.16 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [7.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1916.7.16) 覺隨為麁，心厭欲捨，如人疲極欲眠，不樂眾務，爾時行者應當捨隨修止。止有二種：一者、修止；二、與止相應。修止者，三止之中，但用制心止也。制心息諸緣慮，不念數隨，凝靜其心，是名修止。二、與止相應者，自覺身心泯然入定，不見內外相貌，如欲界、未到地等。定法持心，任運不動。行者爾時即作是念：「今此三昧雖復寂靜，而無慧方便，不能破壞生死。」復作是念：「今此定者，皆屬因緣，陰、入、界法和合而有，虛誑不實。我今不覺，應須照了。」作是念已，即不著止。 > Perceiving following as coarse, the mind grows weary and wishes to abandon it, like a person who is extremely fatigued and wishes to sleep, taking no delight in various tasks. At that time, the practitioner should abandon following and cultivate stopping. Stopping has two kinds: first, cultivating stopping; second, corresponding with stopping. Cultivating stopping: among the three kinds of stopping, one uses only the stopping that controls the mind. Controlling the mind, one quiets all conditioning thoughts, not thinking of counting or following, and condenses and stills the mind; this is called cultivating stopping. Second, corresponding with stopping: one spontaneously perceives that body and mind have merged into absorption, seeing no internal or external characteristics, as in the desire realm, the anāgamya, and so forth. The dharma of concentration holds the mind, which is unmoved spontaneously. The practitioner at that time then has this thought: "Now this samādhi, though it is tranquil, lacks the expedient means of wisdom and cannot destroy birth and death." He further has this thought: "Now this concentration belongs entirely to causes and conditions, existing through the combination of the dharmas of the aggregates, sense bases, and elements, and is false and unreal. I am now unaware; I must illuminate and comprehend it." Having thought this, he does not cling to stopping. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 7.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1916.7.15) - [Next: 7.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1916.7.17) - [Up: 7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1916.7) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1916~en-mt.7.16) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (1) - [六妙法門](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1917.1.15) — Classical Chinese --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1916.7.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1916.7.16) · Pramāṇa