[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Buddhist Literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha) › [Taishō Tripiṭaka (Chinese Buddhist canon)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho) › [六妙法門](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1917) › 1.18 # 六妙法門 1.18 六妙法門 1.18 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [1.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1917.1.18) 行者當知，若離境智，欲歸無境智，不離境智縛，以隨二邊故。爾時當捨還門，安心淨道。淨亦有二：一者修淨，二者證淨。修淨者，知色淨故，不起妄想分別，受、想、行、識亦復如是。息妄想垢，是名修淨；息分別垢，是名修淨；息取我垢，是名修淨。舉要言之，若能心如本淨，是名修淨；亦不得能修、所修及淨、不淨，是名修淨。證淨者，如是修時，豁然心惠相應，無礙方便任運開發，三昧正受，心無依恃。證淨有二：一者相似證，五方便相似無漏道惠發；二者真實證，苦法忍乃至第九無礙道等真無漏惠發也。三界垢盡，故名證淨。 > The practitioner should know that if one departs from object and knowledge wishing to return to absence of object and knowledge, one is still not free from the bondage of object and knowledge, because one is following the two extremes. At that time one should abandon the gate of turning back and settle the mind in the path of purification. Purification also has two aspects: first, cultivating purification; second, realizing purification. Cultivating purification means that because one knows form is pure, one does not give rise to false thoughts and discrimination; sensation, perception, volition, and consciousness are also like this. Calming the defilement of false thoughts is called cultivating purification; calming the defilement of discrimination is called cultivating purification; calming the defilement of grasping at a self is called cultivating purification. To state the essentials: if the mind can be like original purity, this is called cultivating purification; furthermore, not apprehending the one who can cultivate, what is cultivated, the pure, or the impure—this is called cultivating purification. Realizing purification means that when cultivating in this way, the mind and wisdom suddenly correspond, unhindered skillful means naturally open up, \[entering\] correct reception of samādhi, with the mind having nothing to rely upon. Realizing purification has two aspects: first, approximate realization, wherein wisdom of the five skillful means similar to the uncontaminated path arises; second, true realization, wherein the true uncontaminated wisdom arises, from the dharma-forbearance regarding suffering up to the ninth unhindered path, and so forth. Because the defilements of the three realms are exhausted, it is called realizing purification. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 1.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1917.1.17) - [Next: 1.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1917.1.19) - [Up: 1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1917.1) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1917~en-mt.1.18) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (1) - [釋禪波羅蜜次第法門](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1916.7.27) — Classical Chinese --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1917.1.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1917.1.18) · Pramāṇa