Visuddhimagga VIII-65

Vikkhepapaṭibāhanatoti kammaṭṭhānaṃ vissajjetvā bahiddhā puthuttārammaṇe cetaso vikkhepo paṭibāhitabbo.

4)「以除去散乱」──当除去即放弃业处而散乱于外部的种种所缘之心。

Ñ(VIII,65): 4. As to warding off distraction: he must ward off [temptation] to drop the meditation subject and to let his mind get distracted among the variety of external objects.



Appaṭibāhato hi yathā nāma ekapadikaṃ papātamaggaṃ paṭipannassa purisassa akkamanapadaṃ asallakkhetvā ito cito ca vilokayato padavāro virajjhati, tato sataporise papāte patitabbaṃ hoti, evameva bahiddhā vikkhepe sati kammaṭṭhānaṃ parihāyati paridhaṃsati.

若不除去(散乱)则忆念外部散乱之时,而消失其业处;譬如有人行于仅有一足宽的削壁之道,不察其放足(之处),但左盼右顾,错乱其步法,则自百仞的削壁落下来了。

Ñ: For if not, just as when a man has entered on a one-foot-wide cliff path, if he looks about here and there without watching his step, he may miss his footing and fall down the cliff, which is perhaps as high as a hundred men, so too, when there is outward distraction, the meditation subject gets neglected and deteriorates.



Tasmā vikkhepapaṭibāhanato manasikātabbaṃ.

是故应除去散乱而作意。

Ñ: So he should give his attention to it warding off distraction.



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