Visuddhimagga V-21

Ālokakasiṇakathā

（9）光明遍

[THE LIGHT KASIṆA]

Notes in Chinese translation:「光明遍」（āloka-kasiṇa），《解脱道论》「光明一切入」。

98. Ālokakasiṇe pana ālokakasiṇaṃ uggaṇhanto ālokasmiṃ nimittaṃ gaṇhāti bhittichidde vā tāḷacchidde vā vātapānantarikāya vāti vacanato katādhikārassa tāva puññavato yaṃ bhittichiddādīnaṃ aññatarena sūriyāloko vā candāloko vā pavisitvā bhittiyaṃ vā bhūmiyaṃ vā maṇḍalaṃ samuṭṭhāpeti, ghanapaṇṇarukkhasākhantarena vā ghanasākhāmaṇḍapantarena vā nikkhamitvā bhūmiyameva maṇḍalaṃ samuṭṭhāpeti, taṃ disvāva nimittaṃ uppajjati.

于光明遍中说：「把取光明遍的人，对于壁隙或键孔或窗牖之间而取光明相」，若过去有经验而具福者，则看见任何透过壁隙的日光或月光照到壁上或地上所现的曼陀罗（圆轮），或透过枝叶茂密的树林的空隙和茂密的树枝所造的假屋而照到地上所现的曼陀罗，都能生起于相。

Ñ(V,21): Of the light kasiṇa it is said: 'One who is learning the light kasiṇa apprehends the sign in light in a hole in a wall, or in a keyhole, or in a window opening'. So firstly, when someone has merit, having had previous practice, the sign arises in him when he sees the circle thrown on a wall or a floor by sunlight or moonlight entering through a hole in a wall, etc., or when he sees a circle thrown on the ground by sunlight or moonlight coming through a gap in the branches of a dense-leaved tree or through a gap in a hut made of closely packed branches.