六妙法門 1.28

1.28

Furthermore, how does the obstacle of afflictions arise? How is it counteracted? Afflictions are of three kinds. First, during seated meditation, the affliction obstacle of greedy desire arises. At that time the practitioner should use the nine notions, the first liberation, the two masteries, and the various gates of impurity within the gate of contemplating the mind as the antidote. Second, during seated meditation, the affliction obstacle of anger and hatred arises. At that time the practitioner should use loving-kindness, compassion, sympathetic joy, and equanimity within the gate of contemplating the mind as the antidote. Third, during seated meditation, the affliction obstacle of ignorance and wrong views arises. At that time the practitioner should use the gate of turning back, reflecting back upon the twelve links of conditioned arising and the path-factors of the three empties, dismantling the source of the mind and returning to the original nature; this is the antidote.