釋禪波羅蜜次第法門 4.77

4.77

Fourth, next, the methods of curing illness: when a practitioner has settled the mind and is cultivating the path, either there was an original disorder in the four great elements, and due to current mental application the mind and breath agitate and stir it into an illness; or at times they are unable to properly regulate the three matters of body, breath, and mind, with disharmony arising internally or externally, so illness breaks out. In the practice of seated meditation, if one can apply the mind skillfully, the four hundred and four illnesses will naturally subside. If mental application loses its proper balance, it stirs up the four hundred and four illnesses. Therefore, whether practicing for oneself or transforming others, one should skillfully discern the sources of illness and skillfully know the internal mental methods for curing illness during meditation. If one does not know the methods of curing illness, once an illness is stirred up, not only will there be obstacles to practicing the path, but there will be danger to one's very life.