[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) › 7.8 # 釋禪波羅蜜次第法門 7.8 釋禪波羅蜜次第法門 7.8 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [7.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1916.7.8) 二者、自有眾生定根多而慧性少，為說十六特勝。慧根性少故，下地不即發無漏；定性多故，以具上地諸禪，方得修道。 > Second, there are sentient beings who naturally have more faculty of concentration and less wisdom; for them, the sixteen sublime practices are taught. Because they have less faculty of wisdom, they do not immediately elicit undefiledness in the lower grounds; because they have more concentration, only by being fully endowed with the various dhyānas of the higher grounds do they then attain the path of cultivation. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 7.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1916.7.7) - [Next: 7.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1916.7.9) - [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.7.8) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1916.7.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1916.7.8) · Pramāṇa