釋禪波羅蜜次第法門 4.36

4.36

Third, explaining the treatment of vitarka and vicāra within a torpid mind: the symptoms of vitarka and vicāra arising are as explained before. As for the method of counteraction, one should teach them to contemplate the breath: when the breath enters, carefully contemplate where this breath comes from, what it traverses along the way, and where it enters and abides; the breath exiting through the mouth is also like this. This method will be explained extensively later. Seeking its source in this way, leaving there is no dispersal, entering there is no accumulation; not seeing any fixed notion, illuminating with a bright mind, the mind's eye then opens, shattering torpor. Calming the mind to rely on the breath can shatter scattering and distraction; hence, contemplating the breath is used to counteract the disease of vitarka and vicāra in torpor.