Visuddhimagga VIII-62

Tattha anupubbatoti idañhi sajjhāyakaraṇato paṭṭhāya anupaṭipāṭiyā manasikātabbaṃ, na ekantarikāya.

1)「以次第」──于此(三十二分身),自读诵以后,[PTS 244] 当次第的作意,不要跳一个的作意。

Ñ(VIII,62): 1. Herein, as to following the order: from the time of beginning the recitation [244] attention should be given following the serial order without skipping.



Ekantarikāya hi manasikaronto yathā nāma akusalo puriso dvattiṃsapadaṃ nisseṇiṃ ekantarikāya ārohanto kilantakāyo patati, na ārohanaṃ sampādeti, evameva bhāvanāsampattivasena adhigantabbassa assādassa anadhigamā kilantacitto patati, na bhāvanaṃ sampādeti.

如果跳一个的作意,则如无技巧的人,登三十二级的阶梯,以跳一步而登,结果身体疲劳而失败,不能完全登达,如是他(于三十二分中跳级作意者)亦不能以完全的修习而得应得的意乐,唯有其心疲劳而失败,不能完成其修习。

Ñ: For just as when someone who has no skill climbs a thirty-two-rung ladder using every other step, his body gets exhausted and he falls without completing the climb, so too, one who gives it attention skipping [parts] becomes exhausted in his mind and does not complete the development since he fails to get the satisfaction that ought to be got with successful development.



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