諸經要集 20.35

20.35

復以聞慧。或以天眼。見嗜睡蟲。其形微細狀如牖塵。住一切脈流行趣味。住骨髓內。或住肉內。或髑髏內。或在頰內。或齒骨內。或咽骨中。或在耳中。或在眼中。或在鼻中。或在鬢髮。此嗜睡蟲風吹流轉。若此蟲病。若蟲疲極。住於心中。心如蓮華晝則開張。無日光故夜則還合。心亦如是。蟲住其中。多取境界諸根疲極。蟲則睡眠人亦睡眠。一切眾生悉有睡眠。若此睡蟲。晝日疲極人亦睡眠。

Furthermore, by the wisdom acquired from hearing, or with the divine eye, one sees the sleep-craving worm. Its shape is minute, like dust in a sunbeam. It dwells in all vessels, circulating through the pathways [of the body], dwelling within the bone marrow, or dwelling within the flesh, or within the skull, or inside the cheeks, or inside the jawbones, or in the throat bones, or in the ears, or in the eyes, or in the nose, or in the sideburns and hair. This sleep-craving worm is swept and circulated by the wind. If this worm falls ill or becomes utterly exhausted, it stays in the heart. The heart is like a lotus flower: it opens during the day, and because there is no sunlight, it closes again at night. The heart is also like this. When the worm stays within it, grasping at many sense objects until the sense faculties are utterly exhausted, the worm falls asleep, and the human also falls asleep. All sentient beings possess sleep. When this sleep-worm becomes utterly exhausted during the daytime, the human also falls asleep.