釋禪波羅蜜次第法門 5.178

5.178

Furthermore, the Treatise also states: "Just as a king, seeing his son fall from a high cliff and fearing that he will surely die, immediately catches him with soft objects, not allowing his body or life to be harmed; the bodhisattva is also like this: seeing sentient beings stray far from prajñā, falling due to inversion, the bodhisattva speaks of the empty dharmas of the four dhyānas to catch sentient beings, not allowing their Dharma body and life of wisdom to be harmed." Therefore, in now delineating the practice of the bodhisattva path, briefly explaining the fourth dhyāna is without fault in principle.