Visuddhimagga IX-112

271. Yo panevaṃ vadeyya ‘‘yasmā bhagavatā aṭṭhakanipāte catūsupi appamaññāsu avisesena vuttaṃ ‘tato tvaṃ bhikkhu imaṃ samādhiṃ savitakkampi savicāraṃ bhāveyyāsi, avitakkampi vicāramattaṃ bhāveyyāsi, avitakkampi avicāraṃ bhāveyyāsi, sappītikampi bhāveyyāsi, nippītikampi bhāveyyāsi, sātasahagatampi bhāveyyāsi, upekkhāsahagatampi bhāveyyāsī’ti (a. ni. 8.63),

或者有人问道:世尊在(增部)第八集中关于四无量是以无区别而说的;「比丘!汝当修习这有寻有伺定,亦应修无寻唯伺(定),修无寻无伺(定),修有喜(定),修无喜(定),修乐俱(定)及修舍俱(定)」──

Ñ(IX,112): However, someone might say this: 'It has been said by the Blessed One in the Book of Eights, speaking of the measureless states in general: "Next, bhikkhu, you should develop the concentration with applied thought and sustained thought, and you should develop it without applied thought and with sustained thought only, and you should develop it without applied thought and without sustained thought, and you should develop it with happiness, and you should develop it without happiness, and you should develop it accompanied by gratification, and you should develop it accompanied by equanimity" (A.iv,300).



tasmā catasso appamaññā catukkapañcakajjhānikā’’ti.

所以四无量应属于四种禅及五种禅(的一切)。

Ñ: Consequently all four measureless states have quadruple and quintuple jhāna'.



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