[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) › [坐禪三昧經](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.614) › 2.14 # 坐禪三昧經 2.14 坐禪三昧經 2.14 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [2.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.614.2.14) 次學五通，身能飛行變化自在。行者一心欲定、精進定、一心定、慧定。一心觀身，常作輕想，欲成飛行，若大若小（以欲定過為大，以欲定減為小），此二俱患，精進翹懃，常能一心，思惟輕觀，如能浮人，心力強故，而不沈沒；亦如猿猴，從高上墮，心力強故，身無痛患。此亦如是，欲力、精進力、一心力、慧力，令其廣大，而身更小，便能運身。 > Next, one trains in the five supernormal knowledges, \[whereby\] the body can fly through the air and transform at will. The practitioner focuses their mind on samādhi born of desire, samādhi born of vīrya, samādhi born of single-mindedness, and samādhi born of wisdom. With single-mindedness, one contemplates the body, constantly forming the perception of lightness, wishing to accomplish flight. Whether \[this perception\] is too great or too small (excessive samādhi born of desire being "too great," and deficient samādhi born of desire being "too small")—both of these are faults. Exerting oneself with vīrya and ever able to be single-minded, one meditates on the contemplation of lightness: just like a person who can float, who does not sink because their mental strength is powerful; or like a monkey that falls from a height and suffers no pain or harm to its body because its mental strength is powerful. This too is like that: one causes the power of desire, the power of vīrya, the power of single-mindedness, and the power of wisdom to become vast and great, and the body \[to become\] ever lighter and smaller, whereupon one is able to transport the body. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 2.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.614.2.13) - [Next: 2.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.614.2.15) - [Up: 2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.614.2) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.614~en-mt.2.14) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.614.2.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.614.2.14) · Pramāṇa