[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) › [法界次第初門](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1925) › 1.265 # 法界次第初門 1.265 法界次第初門 1.265 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [1.265](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1925.1.265) 次無量心而辨四空處定者，四無量心中雖有大功德，而未免形質之患累。若行人厭色如牢獄者，則心心樂欲出離色籠，故次無量以明四空處定。通言空者，此四定體無形色，故名為空。各依所證之境為處，境法持心，心無分散，故名定也。 > As for expounding the four formless attainments after the immeasurable minds: although there are great virtues within the four immeasurable minds, they have not yet avoided the burdensome afflictions of physical form. If practitioners revile form as like a prison, their minds constantly delight in and desire to escape the cage of form; therefore, following the immeasurables, the four formless attainments are elucidated. That they are generally called 'formless' \[or 'empty'\] means that the substance of these four meditative absorptions has no physical form; hence they are called 'empty'. Each is designated as a 'base' in accordance with the objective sphere realized; the phenomena of the sphere sustain the mind so that it does not scatter; hence they are called 'attainments' \[or 'meditative absorptions'\]. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 1.264](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1925.1.264) - [Next: 1.266](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1925.1.266) - [Up: 1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1925.1) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1925~en-mt.1.265) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1925.1.265](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1925.1.265) · Pramāṇa