得道梯橙錫杖經 1.13

1.13

"As for the resolve to establish the meaning of mindfulness: this staff has three partitions. Seeing the three partitions stacked, one is mindful of the suffering and distress of the three wretched realms, and thus cultivates morality, concentration, and wisdom; one is mindful of the three disasters of old age, sickness, and death, and thus eliminates the three poisons of greed, anger, and delusion; one is mindful of the impermanence of the three realms, and thus has deep faith in the Three Jewels, eliminates the three evil deeds, cuts off the three outflows, purifies the three karmas, and desires to possess the three knowledges, enter the three liberations, attain the three applications of mindfulness, and master the three penetrative knowledges. Therefore, three partitions are established, stacked upon each other.