法界次第初門 2.149

2.149

四、法念處者，想、行二陰及三無為法，名之為法。是中觀法智慧名為念。通達一切法，我、我所畢竟不可得，故無我。破我顛倒，即是處也。觀外法、內外法亦如是，是為法念處。若聲聞經中明念處，但說破四倒為念處。若摩訶衍中明念處，即說破八倒為念處也。故《大品經》云：「若能深觀四念處，是為坐道場。」

Fourth, mindfulness of dharmas: the two skandhas of perception and formations and the three unconditioned dharmas are called dharmas. Within this, the wisdom that contemplates dharmas is called 'mindfulness'. Penetrating that in all dharmas, a self and what belongs to a self are completely unattainable, and therefore there is no self, to shatter the inversion of self, is 'basis'. Contemplating external dharmas and internal-and-external dharmas is also like this. This is the mindfulness of dharmas. When the sūtras of the śrāvakas explain the bases of mindfulness, they only speak of shattering the four inversions as the bases of mindfulness. When the Mahāyāna explains the bases of mindfulness, it speaks of shattering the eight inversions as the bases of mindfulness. Thus the *Large Prajñāpāramitā Sūtra* says: 'If one can deeply contemplate the four bases of mindfulness, this is sitting in the place of awakening.'