[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) › 1.282 # 法界次第初門 1.282 法界次第初門 1.282 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [1.282](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1925.1.282) 一、知息入。修習特勝之初，正依隨息，故以知息入為門，即代初數息調心之法。所以然者，數息則闇心而數，故觀慧不明。今知息入，則照息分明，故解慧易發，是以用知息入為調心法也。若將十六特勝橫對四念處者，從知息入去有五特勝，並屬身念處觀。 > 1. Knowing the in-breath. At the beginning of practicing the superior stages, one properly relies on following the breath; therefore taking knowing the in-breath as the gate replaces the initial method of counting the breath to harmonize the mind. Why is this? In counting breaths, one counts with an obscured mind, so contemplative wisdom is not bright. Now, knowing the in-breath illuminates the breath clearly, so understanding and wisdom easily arise; therefore, knowing the in-breath is used as the method to harmonize the mind. If one horizontally correlates the sixteen superior stages with the four bases of mindfulness, from knowing the in-breath onward there are five superior stages, all belonging to the contemplation of the mindfulness of the body. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 1.281](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1925.1.281) - [Next: 1.283](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1925.1.283) - [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.1.282) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1925.1.282](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1925.1.282) · Pramāṇa