釋禪波羅蜜次第法門 4.53

4.53

First, explaining the treatment for the arising of the obstruction of torpor, dullness, and blockage: the symptoms of the disease of evil karma are as explained before. For counteraction, one should teach them to take any one mark among the thirty-two marks of the response Buddha, or first take the curl-of-hair mark between the Buddha's eyebrows and close the eyes to contemplate it. If the mind is dull and dark so that visualizing from memory fails, one should face an excellent, dignified image, taking the mark with a unified mind and conditioning upon it to enter absorption. If it is not distinct, open the eyes and contemplate it again, then close the eyes again. In this way, having apprehended one mark distinctly, contemplate all the marks comprehensively in sequence, causing the mind's eye to open and brighten; this shatters the mind of sleepiness, torpor, and darkness, and the merit of mindfulness of the Buddha then eliminates karmic obstacles.