Visuddhimagga VIII-80

Sace panassa ācariyena saddhiṃ ekavihāreyeva phāsu hoti,

如果(瑜伽者)与阿阇梨(师)安住一寺,

[Starting the Practice]

Ñ(VIII,80): If it is convenient for him to live in the same monastery as the teacher,



evaṃ vitthārena akathāpetvā kammaṭṭhānaṃ suṭṭhu vavatthapetvā kammaṭṭhānaṃ anuyujjantena visesaṃ labhitvā uparūpari kathāpetabbaṃ.

则不必(一时)详细请教,(确定业处后)当以策励业处得进步已,从此次第的向上请教。

Ñ: then he need not get it explained in detail thus [to begin with], but as he applies himself to the meditation subject after he has made quite sure about it he can have each successive stage explained as he reaches each distinction.



Aññattha vasitukāmena yathāvuttena vidhinā vitthārato kathāpetvā punappunaṃ parivattetvā sabbaṃ gaṇṭhiṭṭhānaṃ chinditvā pathavīkasiṇaniddese vuttanayeneva ananurūpaṃ senāsanaṃ pahāya anurūpe vihāre vasantena khuddakapalibodhupacchedaṃ katvā paṭikkūlamanasikāre parikammaṃ kātabbaṃ.

若欲住在他处的,则当依照上述的(七种把持善巧及十种作意善巧)规定详细学习,再三翻覆(读诵),了解一切困难之处,如于(第四品)地遍的解释中所说的方法,舍离不适当的住所,而住适当的精舍,断除小障碍,当于厌恶作意中遍作(准备定)。

Ñ: One who wants to live elsewhere, however, must get it explained to him in detail in the way already given, and he must turn it over and over, getting all the difficulties solved. He should leave an abode of an unsuitable kind as described in the Description of the Earth Kasiṇa, and go to live in a suitable one. Then he should sever the minor impediments (Ch.IV, §20) and set about the preliminary work for giving attention to repulsiveness.



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