釋禪波羅蜜次第法門 1.84

1.84

1. Taking the breath as the dhyāna gate: If one collects the mind based on the breath, it can allow the practicing mind to pass through to the four dhyānas, the four formless [absorptions], the four immeasurables, the sixteen sublime practices, the penetrating clarity dhyāna, and so forth. This is the mundane dhyāna gate, also named collecting the mind through emerging dharmas. This is provisionally based on the dhyāna gates of ordinary beings.