Visuddhimagga IV-50

63. Nimittakosallaṃ nāma pathavīkasiṇādikassa cittekaggatānimittassa akatassa karaṇakosallaṃ, katassa ca bhāvanākosallaṃ, bhāvanāya laddhassa rakkhaṇakosallañca, taṃ idha adhippetaṃ.

（3）「于相善巧」（有三种），即是地遍等的心一境性的相未能成就者使其成就善巧，已成就于相的修习善巧，已得修习于相的守护善巧。这便是于相善巧的意义。

Ñ(IV,50): 3. Skill in the sign is skill in producing the as yet unproduced sign of unification of mind through the earth kasiṇa, etc.; and it is skill in developing [the sign] when produced, and skill in protecting [the sign] when obtained by development. The last is what is intended here.



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