Visuddhimagga IV-22

Vuttañhetaṃ –

即如古义疏中说：

Ñ(IV,22): For this is said:

‘‘Pathavīkasiṇaṃ uggaṇhanto pathaviyaṃ nimittaṃ gaṇhāti kate vā akate vā sāntake, no anantake, sakoṭiye, no akoṭiye, savaṭṭume, no avaṭṭume, sapariyante, no apariyante, suppamatte vā sarāvamatte vā.

（1）（地遍修习法）「学习地遍者，取于人为的或自然的地相，其地须有限而非无限的，有际而非无际的，有周而非无周的，有边而非无边的，如米筛或米升那样大。

Ñ: 'One who is learning the earth kasiṇa apprehends the sign in earth that is either made up or not made up; that is bounded, not unbounded; limited, not unlimited; with a periphery, not without a periphery; circumscribed, not uncircumscribed; either the size of a bushel (suppa) or the size of a saucer (sarāva).

Sayādaw U Sīlānanda: 'learning' means practising meditation on; 'bushel' is something like a tray. Han: Mahāsī Sayādaw: same as Sayādaw U Sīlānanda on 'learning'. Mahāsī Sayādaw translated 'suppa' as a circular tray used for winnowing paddy.

So taṃ nimittaṃ suggahitaṃ karoti, sūpadhāritaṃ upadhāreti, suvavatthitaṃ vavatthapeti.

彼即作善取，善忆持，善坚定于彼相。

Ñ: He sees to it that that sign is well apprehended, well attended to, well defined.

So taṃ nimittaṃ suggahitaṃ katvā sūpadhāritaṃ upadhāretvā suvavatthitaṃ vavatthapetvā ānisaṃsadassāvī ratanasaññī hutvā cittīkāraṃ upaṭṭhapetvā sampiyāyamāno tasmiṃ ārammaṇe cittaṃ upanibandhati ‘addhā imāya paṭipadāya jarāmaraṇamhā muccissāmī’ti.

彼既作善取，善忆持，善坚定于彼相已，见于相之功德，作珍宝想，于心尊重。喜爱，集结其心于所缘之相：『我今以此行道，诚将脱离老死』。

Ñ: Having done that, and seeing its advantages and perceiving it as a treasure, building up respect for it, making it dear to him, he anchors his mind to that object, thinking "Surely in this way I shall be freed from ageing and death".

Sayādaw U Sīlānanda: [in this way => by this practice] means samatha then vipassanā. Han: Mahāsī Sayādaw same as Sayādaw U Sīlānanda.

So vivicceva kāmehi…pe… paṭhamaṃ jhānaṃ upasampajja viharatī’’ti.

于是彼离诸欲……具证初禅。」

Ñ: Secluded from sense desires ... he enters upon and dwells in the first jhāna ...'.