[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) › 2.15 # 坐禪三昧經 2.15 坐禪三昧經 2.15 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [2.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.614.2.15) 復次觀身空界。常習此觀，欲力、精進力、一心力、慧力極為廣大，便能舉身。如大風力，致重達遠，此亦如是！初當自試，離地一尺二尺，漸至一丈，還來本處。如鳥子學飛，小兒學行，思惟自審，知心力大，必能至遠。學觀四大，除却地大但觀三大，心念不散，便得自在，身無罣礙，如鳥飛行。當復學習，遠作近想，是故近滅遠出。 > Furthermore, one contemplates the space element of the body. Constantly practicing this contemplation, the power of desire, the power of vīrya, the power of single-mindedness, and the power of wisdom become extremely vast and great, whereupon one is able to lift the body. Just as the power of a great wind can carry heavy things far away, this too is like that! At first, one should test oneself by rising one foot or two feet off the ground, gradually reaching ten feet, and then returning to one's original place. Just as a young bird learns to fly or a small child learns to walk, reflecting and examining oneself, one knows that mental strength is great and will surely be able to reach far. One trains in contemplating the four great elements: removing the earth element and contemplating only the \[other\] three elements, with one's mental focus undistracted, one then attains mastery, and the body meets no obstacle, flying like a bird. One should also train in perceiving what is far as near, and for this reason what is near disappears and what is far emerges. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 2.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.614.2.14) - [Next: 2.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.614.2.16) - [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.2.15) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.614.2.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.614.2.15) · Pramāṇa