Visuddhimagga X-32

Ākiñcaññāyatanakathā

(三)无所有处业处

[(3) THE BASE CONSISTING OF NOTHINGNESS]



283. Ākiñcaññāyatanaṃ bhāvetukāmena pana pañcahākārehi viññāṇañcāyatanasamāpattiyaṃ ciṇṇavasībhāvena ‘‘āsannaākāsānañcāyatanapaccatthikā ayaṃ samāpatti, no ca ākiñcaññāyatanamiva santā’’ti viññāṇañcāyatane ādīnavaṃ disvā tattha nikantiṃ pariyādāya ākiñcaññāyatanaṃ santato manasikaritvā tasseva viññāṇañcāyatanārammaṇabhūtassa ākāsānañcāyatanaviññāṇassa abhāvo suññatā vivittākāro manasikātabbo.

(无所有处业处的修法)欲求修习无所有处(业处)者,曾以五种行相于识无边处定修习自在,他看见了识无边处有这样的过患:「此(识无边处)定依然近于空无边处之故,不及无所有处的寂静」,欲求离去(识无边处),于无所有处的寂静作意,便作意那为识无边处的所缘的空无边处的识的无,空及远离。

Ñ(X,32): When he wants to develop the base consisting of nothingness, he must first achieve mastery in the five ways in the attainment of the base consisting of boundless consciousness. Then he should see the danger in the base consisting of boundless consciousness in this way: 'This attainment has the base consisting of boundless space as its near enemy, and it is not as peaceful as the base consisting of nothingness'. So having ended his attachment to that, he should give his attention to the base consisting of nothingness as peaceful. He should give attention to the [present] non-existence, voidness, secluded aspect, of that same [past] consciousness belonging to the base consisting of boundless space which became the object of [the consciousness belonging to] the base consisting of boundless consciousness.



Kathaṃ?

如何(作意呢)?

Ñ: How does he do this?



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