[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) › [翻譯名義集](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2131) › 6.58 # 翻譯名義集 6.58 翻譯名義集 6.58 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [6.58](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2131.6.58) 【般那】此云遣去，出息也。《安般守意經》云：「安為身，般為息；安為生，般為滅；安為念道，般為解結。」所以先數入者，外有七惡，內有三惡。用少不能勝多，先數入也。安名出息，般名入息。息有四事：一為風，二為氣，三為息，四為喘。有聲為風，無聲為氣。出入為息，氣出入不盡為喘也。出息為生死陰，入息為思想陰。或云先數出息，氣則不急，身不脹滿，身心輕利，三昧易成。或云先數入息，隨息內斂，易入定故。或云當隨便宜，以數出入，若心輕浮，繫心丹田，當數入息。若心昏沈，繫心鼻端，當數出息。此皆不許出入俱數，提婆菩薩云：「佛說甘露門，名阿那波那，於諸法門中，第一安隱道。」 > \[Apāna\] Here it is translated as 'sent away', which is the outgoing breath (exhalation). The Ānāpānasmṛti-sūtra says: "Ān refers to the body, and pān refers to the breath; ān refers to arising, and pān refers to cessation; ān refers to mindfulness of the path, and pān refers to untying fetters." As for the reason why one counts the inhalation first: externally there are seven evils, and internally there are three evils; since using few cannot overcome many, one counts the inhalation first. Ān is named outgoing breath, and pān is named incoming breath. The breath has four aspects: first is wind, second is air, third is breath, and fourth is panting. Having sound is wind; having no sound is air. Outgoing and incoming is breath; air that exits and enters incompletely is panting. The exhalation is the skandha of birth-and-death; the inhalation is the skandha of thought. Some say: 'Counting the exhalation first, the air will not be agitated, the body will not become bloated, and body and mind will be light and nimble, making samādhi easy to attain.' Some say: 'Counting the inhalation first, one withdraws inward with the breath, making it easy to enter absorption.' Some say: 'One should count the exhalations or inhalations according to what is appropriate: if the mind is flighty, bind the mind to the cinnabar field and count the inhalations; if the mind is drowsy, bind the mind to the tip of the nose and count the exhalations.' None of these allows counting both exhalations and inhalations together. Bodhisattva Deva says: 'The gate to the deathless spoken of by the Buddha / is called ānāpāna; / among all teachings and practices, / it is the foremost path of tranquility.'" > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 6.57](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2131.6.57) - [Next: 6.59](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2131.6.59) - [Up: 6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2131.6) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2131~en-mt.6.58) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2131.6.58](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2131.6.58) · Pramāṇa