[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) › 8.6 # 釋禪波羅蜜次第法門 8.6 釋禪波羅蜜次第法門 8.6 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [8.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1916.8.6) 一、釋名者，所以此禪名為通明觀者，此觀方法出《大集》經文，無別名目。北國諸禪師修得此禪，欲以授人，既不知名字，正欲安根本禪裡，而法相逈殊。若對十六特勝，則名目全不相關；若安之背捨、勝處，觀行方法條然別異。既進退並不相應，所以諸師別作名目，名為通明觀禪。 > First, explaining the name: as to why this dhyāna is called the contemplation of penetrating clarity, the method of this contemplation comes from the text of the Mahāsaṃnipāta Sūtra without a distinct title. When various meditation masters of the northern lands cultivated and attained this dhyāna and wished to transmit it to others, not knowing its name, they intended to place it within the fundamental dhyānas, yet its phenomenal characteristics are vastly different. If set against the sixteen sublime practices, the names are completely unrelated; if placed within the liberations and stations of mastery, the contemplative methods are markedly distinct. Since it did not correspond either forward or backward, the various masters created a distinct title for it, naming it the dhyāna of penetrating clarity contemplation. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 8.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1916.8.5) - [Next: 8.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1916.8.7) - [Up: 8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1916.8) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1916~en-mt.8.6) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1916.8.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1916.8.6) · Pramāṇa