釋禪波羅蜜次第法門 9.44

9.44

三、念僧者，行者應念僧，僧是佛弟子眾，具五分法身。是中有四雙八輩、二十七人，應受供養禮事，世間無上福田。所謂若聲聞僧、若辟支佛僧、若菩薩僧，神智無量，能救苦難，度脫眾生，如是聖眾，是我真伴，當何所畏？一心憶念，恐怖即除。

Third, "recollection of the Saṅgha": the practitioner should recollect the Saṅgha. The Saṅgha is the assembly of the Buddha's disciples, endowed with the five-part Dharma-body. Within it are the four pairs and eight stages, the twenty-seven persons, worthy of offerings and veneration, the world's unsurpassed field of merit. Whether they are the Saṅgha of śrāvakas, the Saṅgha of pratyekabuddhas, or the Saṅgha of bodhisattvas, their spiritual wisdom is immeasurable, able to rescue from sufferings and perils and deliver sentient beings. Such an assembly of nobles is my true companion; of what should I be afraid? By single-mindedly recollecting them, terror is immediately eliminated.