[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) › 7.53 # 釋禪波羅蜜次第法門 7.53 釋禪波羅蜜次第法門 7.53 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [7.53](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1916.7.53) 答：若是數息，直闇心數，無有觀行，修證時多生愛、見、慢等諸煩惱病也。愛者，愛著此數息；見者，謂見我能數；慢者，謂我能數，以此慢他。今以隨代數者，隨息之時，即覺知此息無常，命依於息，以息為命，一息不還，即便無命。既覺息無常，知身命危脆。知息無常，即不生愛；知息非我，即不生見；悟無常，即不生慢。此則從初方便已能破諸結使，不同數息。 > Answer: If one counts the breath, one merely counts with an obscured mind without reflective contemplation; during cultivation and realization, the ailments of afflictions such as craving, views, and conceit frequently arise. 'Craving' means clinging with craving to this counting of the breath; 'views' means holding the view that 'I am able to count'; 'conceit' means thinking 'I am able to count' and thereby holding oneself in conceit above others. Now, replacing counting with following \[the breath\] means that while following the breath, one immediately becomes aware and knows that this breath is impermanent. Life depends upon the breath, taking the breath as life; if a single breath does not return, life is immediately ended. Having become aware of the impermanence of the breath, one knows the frailty of bodily life. Knowing the impermanence of the breath, craving does not arise; knowing that the breath is not the self, views do not arise; realizing impermanence, conceit does not arise. This means that from the initial expedient means one is already able to destroy all fetters, which is not like counting the breath. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 7.52](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1916.7.52) - [Next: 7.54](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1916.7.54) - [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.7.53) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1916.7.53](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1916.7.53) · Pramāṇa