[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) › 7.22 # 釋禪波羅蜜次第法門 7.22 釋禪波羅蜜次第法門 7.22 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [7.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1916.7.22) 一、修習還者，既知觀從心發，若隨析境，此則不會本源，應當返觀此心者從何而生：為從觀心生，為從非觀心生？若從觀心生，則先已有觀，今實不爾。所以者何？數、隨、止等三法之中，未有觀故。若非觀心生，不觀心為滅生，為不滅生？若不滅生，即二心並；若是滅法已謝，不能生現在；若言亦滅亦不滅生，乃至非滅非不滅生，皆不可得。當知觀心本自不生，不生故不有，不有故即空，空無觀心。若無觀心，豈有觀境？境智雙忘，還源之要，是名修還。 > First, cultivating turning back: having known that contemplation arises from the mind, if one follows the analyzed objects, this will not accord with the fundamental source; one should turn back to contemplate from where this mind arises: does it arise from a contemplating mind, or does it arise from a non-contemplating mind? If it arises from a contemplating mind, then contemplation would already exist beforehand, but now it is actually not so. Why is this? Because within the three dharmas of counting, following, and stopping, contemplation does not yet exist. If it arises from a non-contemplating mind, does it arise from a non-contemplating mind that has ceased, or from one that has not ceased? If it arises from one that has not ceased, then two minds would exist simultaneously; if it is a ceased dharma that has already passed away, it cannot produce the present \[mind\]; if one says it arises from both ceased and unceased, or even neither ceased nor unceased, all are untenable. One should know that the contemplating mind originally does not arise; because it does not arise, it does not exist; because it does not exist, it is empty; it is empty of a contemplating mind. If there is no contemplating mind, how could there be an object of contemplation? Both object and wisdom forgotten, this is the essential for returning to the source; this is called cultivating turning back. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 7.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1916.7.21) - [Next: 7.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1916.7.23) - [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.7.22) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (1) - [六妙法門](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1917.1.17) — Classical Chinese --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1916.7.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1916.7.22) · Pramāṇa