Visuddhimagga VIII-48

180. Imaṃ pana kammaṭṭhānaṃ bhāvetukāmena ādikammikena kulaputtena vuttappakāraṃ kalyāṇamittaṃ upasaṅkamitvā idaṃ kammaṭṭhānaṃ gahetabbaṃ.

(身至念的修法)其次欲修(身至念)业处的初学善男子,当如前面(第三品)所说的亲近善友,而习业处,

[Development]

Ñ(VIII,48): Now a clansman who, as a beginner, wants to develop this meditation subject should go to a good friend of the kind already described (Ch. III, §§61-73) and learn it.



Tenāpissa kammaṭṭhānaṃ kathentena sattadhā uggahakosallaṃ dasadhā ca manasikārakosallaṃ ācikkhitabbaṃ.

那善友亦应对学者说「七种把持善巧」及教以「十种作意善巧」。

Ñ: And the teacher who expounds it to him should tell him the sevenfold skill in learning and the tenfold skill in giving attention.



Tattha vacasā manasā vaṇṇato saṇṭhānato disato okāsato paricchedatoti evaṃ sattadhā uggahakosallaṃ ācikkhitabbaṃ.

1.(七种把持善巧)此中当如是教他(1)以语,(2)以意,(3)以色,(4)以形,(5)以方位,(6)以处所,(7)以界限的七种把持的善巧。

[The Sevenfold Skill in Learning]

Ñ: Herein, the sevenfold skill in learning should be told thus: (1) as verbal recitation, (2) as mental recitation, (3) as to colour, (4) as to shape, (5) as to direction, (6) as to location, (7) as to delimitation.



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