釋禪波羅蜜次第法門 8.59

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第三、釋身內王法治正義。行者於三昧內願智之力，即復覺知身內，心為大王，上義下仁故，居在百重之內，出則有前後左右官屬侍衛。肺為司馬，肝為司徒，脾為司空，腎為大海，中有神龜，呼吸元氣，行風致雨，通氣四支。四支為民子，左為司命，右為司錄，主錄人命。齊中太一君亦人之主柱，天大將軍特進君王，主身內萬二千大神，太一有八使者，八卦是也，合為九卿。三焦關元為左社右稷，主姦賊。上焦通氣，入頭中為宗廟，王者於間治化。若心行正法，群下皆隨，則治正清夷，故五臟調和，六府通適，四大安樂，無諸疾惱，終保年壽。若心行非法，則群僚作亂，互相殘害，故四大不調，諸根暗塞，因此抱患致終，皆由行心惡法故。經言：「失魂即亂，失魄則狂，失意則惑，失志則忘，失神則死。當知外立王道治化，皆身內之法。」如是等義，具如《提謂經》說。

Third, explaining the correct governance of the royal law within the body. Practitioners, through the power of knowledge based on aspiration within samādhi, then further perceive that within the body, the heart is the great king: because it possesses righteousness above and benevolence below, it resides within a hundredfold enclosure, and when going out, it has officials and attendants guarding it in front, behind, left, and right. The lungs are the minister of war; the liver is the minister of education; the spleen is the minister of works; and the kidneys are the great sea, within which is a divine tortoise, inhaling and exhaling original qi, moving the wind and bringing the rain, and circulating qi to the four limbs. The four limbs are the common people and children; the left is the Director of Destinies and the right is the Director of Records, who are in charge of recording human life. Lord Taiyi in the navel is also the master pillar of the person, the Heavenly General-in-Chief, the Specially Advanced Lord King, who presides over the twelve thousand great spirits within the body. Taiyi has eight emissaries, which are the eight trigrams; together they form the nine ministers. The triple burner and the guanyuan [point] are the altars of the soil and grain on the left and right, dealing with treacherous thieves. The upper burner circulates qi, entering the head as the ancestral temple, where the king governs and transforms. If the heart practices the correct Dharma, all subordinates will follow, and governance will be upright, clear, and peaceful; therefore, the five viscera are harmonious, the six bowels flow comfortably, the four great elements are peaceful and happy, there are no ailments or distresses, and one preserves life and longevity to the end. If the heart practices what is contrary to Dharma, the officials will make rebellion and mutually harm each other; therefore, the four great elements will become disordered, the faculties will become darkened and blocked, and one will hold afflictions leading to the end, all because the heart practices evil dharmas. A sūtra says: 'Losing the ethereal soul brings disorder; losing the corporeal soul brings madness; losing the mind brings confusion; losing the will brings forgetfulness; losing the spirit brings death. One should know that establishing the royal way of governance externally is entirely the method within the body.' Such meanings are fully explained in the Sūtra of Trapuṣa and Bhallika.