[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) › 2.42 # 法界次第初門 2.42 法界次第初門 2.42 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [2.42](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1925.2.42) 二、內無色相外觀色。內無色相者，壞內色，滅內色相也。外觀色者，不壞外色，不滅外色相。以是不淨心觀外色，所以然者，行者為入二禪內淨故，壞滅內骨人；欲界結使難斷故，猶觀外不淨之相也。 > Second, without the notion of form internally, one externally contemplates forms. 'Without the notion of form internally' means destroying internal forms and annihilating the characteristics of internal forms. 'Externally contemplating forms' means not destroying external forms and not annihilating the characteristics of external forms. One contemplates external forms with this mind of impurity because, for the sake of entering the internal purity of the second dhyāna, the practitioner destroys and annihilates the internal skeleton; and because the latent defilements of the desire realm are difficult to sever, one still contemplates the external marks of impurity. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 2.41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1925.2.41) - [Next: 2.43](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1925.2.43) - [Up: 2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1925.2) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1925~en-mt.2.42) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (1) - [釋禪波羅蜜次第法門](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1916.10.25) — Classical Chinese --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1925.2.42](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1925.2.42) · Pramāṇa