坐禪三昧經 2.74

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云何口行？有覺有觀，是作覺觀已，然後口語，若無覺觀則無言說，是謂口行。云何意行？（痛名世界人所著三種痛，痛應為受，受則隨界受苦樂，上界所無，故宜言受想出家所患也）。痛想是意法，繫屬意故，是名意行。復次欲界繫行、色界繫行、無色界繫行。復次善行、不善行、不動行。云何善行？欲界一切善行，亦色界三地。云何不善行？諸不善法。云何不動行？第四禪有漏善行及無色定善有漏行。是名行。

What are verbal formations? Applied thought and discursive thought: having engaged in applied and discursive thought, one subsequently speaks with the mouth; if there is no applied or discursive thought, there is no speech; this is called verbal formations. What are mental formations? (Feeling is what worldly people cling to as the three kinds of pain; 'pain' should be 'feeling', for feeling entails experiencing suffering and pleasure according to the realm, which does not exist in the higher realms, so it is proper to say feeling and perception are what renunciants are troubled by.) Feeling and perception are mental dharmas; because they are bound and tied to the mind, they are called mental formations. Furthermore, there are formations bound to the desire realm, formations bound to the form realm, and formations bound to the formless realm. Furthermore, there are wholesome formations, unwholesome formations, and immovable formations. What are wholesome formations? All wholesome formations of the desire realm, as well as the three stages of the form realm. What are unwholesome formations? All unwholesome dharmas. What are immovable formations? The wholesome formations with outflows of the fourth dhyāna, and the wholesome formations with outflows of the formless concentrations. These are called formations.