釋禪波羅蜜次第法門 8.75

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第二、修得。五通見事世間者，如《大集經》言：「法行比丘獲得初禪，入禪已，欲得身通，繫心鼻端，觀息入出，深見九萬九千毛孔息之出入，見身悉空，乃至四大亦復如是。如是觀已，遠離色相，獲得身通，乃至四禪亦復如是。云何法行比丘獲得眼通？若有比丘得初禪，觀息出入，真實見色。既見色已，作是思惟：如我所見三世諸色，意欲得見，隨意即見，乃至四禪亦復如是。云何法行比丘得天耳通？憍陳如！若有比丘得初禪，觀息出入，次第觀聲，乃至四禪亦復如是。云何法行比丘得他心智通？若有比丘觀息出入，得初禪時，修奢摩他、毘婆舍那，是名他心智，乃至四禪亦復如是。云何法行比丘得宿命智？憍陳如！若有比丘觀出入息，得初禪時，即獲眼通。獲眼通已，觀於初有歌羅邏時，乃至五陰生滅，乃至四禪亦復如是。」既得五通，即能見十方三世、九道聖凡眾生種類、國土，所有一一相貌差別不同，是名修得神通，見事世間通達無閡。

Second, acquisition through cultivation. Seeing the phenomenal world through the five supernormal knowledges is as the Mahāsaṃnipāta Sūtra states: 'A monk who practices the Dharma attains the first dhyāna. Having entered the dhyāna, desiring to obtain bodily supernormal knowledge, he focuses his mind on the tip of his nose, contemplates the incoming and outgoing breaths, deeply sees the breath entering and exiting ninety-nine thousand pores, and sees that the body is entirely empty, and likewise even up to the four great elements. Having contemplated thus, he departs from the characteristics of form and obtains bodily supernormal knowledge, and likewise even up to the fourth dhyāna. How does a monk who practices the Dharma obtain the supernormal knowledge of the divine eye? If there is a monk who attains the first dhyāna, contemplates the incoming and outgoing breath, and genuinely sees form; having seen form, he reflects thus: "Whatever forms of the three times I have seen, whenever I intend to see them, I immediately see them as I wish," and likewise even up to the fourth dhyāna. How does a monk who practices the Dharma obtain the supernormal knowledge of the divine ear? Kauṇḍinya! If there is a monk who attains the first dhyāna, contemplates the incoming and outgoing breath, and sequentially contemplates sounds, and likewise even up to the fourth dhyāna. How does a monk who practices the Dharma obtain the supernormal knowledge of knowing the minds of others? If there is a monk who contemplates the incoming and outgoing breath, and upon attaining the first dhyāna, cultivates śamatha and vipaśyanā, this is called the knowledge of others' minds, and likewise even up to the fourth dhyāna. How does a monk who practices the Dharma obtain the knowledge of past lives? Kauṇḍinya! If there is a monk who contemplates the incoming and outgoing breath, upon attaining the first dhyāna he immediately obtains the supernormal knowledge of the eye. Having obtained the supernormal knowledge of the eye, he contemplates the initial existence at the time of the kalala, and even up to the arising and ceasing of the five aggregates, and likewise even up to the fourth dhyāna.' Having obtained the five supernormal knowledges, he is immediately able to see the kinds of sentient beings and lands throughout the ten directions, three times, and nine destinies, noble and ordinary, each and every distinctive characteristic being different; this is called obtaining supernormal knowledges through cultivation, penetrating the phenomenal world without obstruction.