坐禪三昧經 1.83

1.83

若初習行人，將至佛像所，或教令自往諦觀佛像相好，相相明了，一心取持。還至靜處，心眼觀佛像，令意不轉，繫念在像，不令他念；他念攝之，令常在像。若心不住，師當教言：「汝當責心：『由汝受罪，不可稱計，無際生死，種種苦惱，無不更受。若在地獄，吞飲洋銅，食燒鐵丸；若在畜生，食糞噉草；若在餓鬼，受飢餓苦；若在人中，貧窮困厄；若在天上，失欲憂惱。常隨汝故，令我受此種種身惱心惱、無量苦惱。今當制汝，汝當隨我。我今繫汝一處，我終不復為汝所困更受苦毒也。汝常困我，我今要當以事困汝。』」如是不已，心不散亂，是時便得心眼見佛像相光明，如眼所見無有異也。如是心住，是名初習行者思惟。

If it is a beginning practitioner, one leads them to a place with a Buddha image, or instructs them to go of their own accord and closely contemplate the marks and signs of the Buddha image so that mark by mark is clearly distinct, grasping and retaining it single-mindedly. Returning to a quiet place, they contemplate the Buddha image with the mind's eye, causing the mind not to shift, fastening mindfulness onto the image without allowing other thoughts; if other thoughts arise, one reins them in, making mindfulness constantly abide on the image. If the mind does not abide, the master should instruct them, saying: 'You must reproach your mind: "Because of you I have undergone innumerable transgressions; in boundless saṃsāra, there are no various sufferings and afflictions that I have not repeatedly undergone. If in the hells, I swallowed molten copper and ate burning iron pellets; if among animals, I ate dung and chewed grass; if among pretas, I underwent the suffering of hunger and starvation; if among humans, I suffered poverty and distress; if in the heavens, I suffered the grief and torment of losing desired objects. Because I have constantly followed you, you have caused me to undergo these various physical torments and mental torments, immeasurable sufferings and afflictions. Now I must subdue you, and you must follow me. I now bind you to one place; I shall never again be harassed by you and undergo bitter suffering! You have constantly harassed me; now I must certainly harass you with this task!"' Proceeding thus without ceasing, the mind will not be scattered or distracted, and at that time one will come to see with the mind's eye the marks and radiance of the Buddha image, no different from what the eye sees. When the mind abides in this way, this is called the reflection of a beginning practitioner.