釋禪波羅蜜次第法門 8.27

8.27

一、初發相。行者發初禪時，即豁然見自身九萬九千毛孔空疎，氣息遍身毛孔出入。雖心眼明見遍身出入，而入無積聚，出無分散，來無所經由，去無所履涉，即見身內三十六物一一分明。三十六物者：諸髮、毛、爪、齒、薄皮、厚皮、筋、肉、骨、髓、脾、腎、心、肝、肺、小腸、大腸、胃、胞、膽、屎、尿、垢、汗、淚、涕、唾、膿、血、脈、黃痰、白痰、癊、肪、𦙽、腦膜。此三十六物，十是外物，二十六是內物；二十二是地物，十四是水物。已見風、水、地相分明，復覺諸物各有熱氣煎煮，火相分明。觀此四大猶如四蛇同處一篋，四大蚖蛇，其性各異；亦如屠牛之人，分肉為四分，諦觀四分，各不相關。行者亦爾，心大驚悟。

First, the marks of the initial manifestation. When the practitioner manifests the first dhyāna, they suddenly see that the ninety-nine thousand pores of their own body are empty and porous, and breath enters and exits through the pores all over the body. Although the mind's eye clearly sees it entering and exiting throughout the body, in entering there is no accumulation and in exiting there is no dispersion; in coming it traverses nowhere, and in going it steps upon nothing. One then sees the thirty-six bodily components within the body, each distinct and clear. The thirty-six components are: hair of the head, body hair, nails, teeth, thin skin, thick skin, sinews, flesh, bones, marrow, spleen, kidneys, heart, liver, lungs, small intestine, large intestine, stomach, bladder, gall bladder, feces, urine, grime, sweat, tears, nasal mucus, saliva, pus, blood, blood vessels, yellow phlegm, white phlegm, dried mucus, fat, grease, and brain membrane. Of these thirty-six components, ten are external items and twenty-six are internal items; twenty-two are earth items and fourteen are water items. Having seen the characteristics of wind, water, and earth clearly, one further senses each item being boiled and cooked by heat, the characteristic of fire being clear. One contemplates these four great elements as like four vipers dwelling together in a single basket; the natures of the four poisonous vipers are each distinct. It is also like a butcher dividing meat into four portions, contemplating the four portions as unrelated to each other. The practitioner is likewise, and their mind is greatly startled and awakened.