[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) › 7.72 # 釋禪波羅蜜次第法門 7.72 釋禪波羅蜜次第法門 7.72 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [7.72](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1916.7.72) 十二、觀無常，此對破四禪不動。所以者何？如世間中有動、有不動法，三種為樂所動，猶名動法。今此四禪名不動定，凡夫得此定時，多生常想，心生愛取，今若觀此定生滅代謝，三相所遷，知是破壞不安之相，故經云：「一切世間動、不動法皆敗壞不安之相。」故名觀無常。 > Twelfth, contemplating impermanence: this serves to counteract and refute the immobility of the fourth dhyāna. Why is that? In the mundane world, there are moving phenomena and immobile phenomena. The three \[lower dhyānas\] are moved by joy and pleasure, and thus are still called moving phenomena. Now, this fourth dhyāna is named immobile absorption. When ordinary people attain this absorption, they mostly produce notions of permanence, generating attachment and grasping in their minds. Now, if one contemplates this absorption as being subject to origination, cessation, and succession, transformed by the three characteristics, one knows that these are marks of destruction and insecurity. Therefore, the sūtra says: “All moving and immobile phenomena in the entire world are marks of decay and insecurity.” Hence it is named contemplating impermanence. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 7.71](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1916.7.71) - [Next: 7.73](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1916.7.73) - [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.7.72) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1916.7.72](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1916.7.72) · Pramāṇa