Visuddhimagga XIV-140

464. Saddahanti etāya, sayaṃ vā saddahati, saddahanamattameva vā esāti saddhā. Sā saddahanalakkhaṇā, okappanalakkhaṇā vā, pasādanarasā udakappasādakamaṇi viya, pakkhandanarasā vā oghuttaraṇo viya. Akālussiyapaccupaṭṭhānā, adhimuttipaccupaṭṭhānā vā, saddheyyavatthupadaṭṭhānā, saddhammassavanādisotāpattiyaṅga(dī. ni. 3.311; saṃ. ni. 5.1001) padaṭṭhānā vā, hatthavittabījāni viya daṭṭhabbā.

（9）依此而（人）信故，或他自己信故或只是信故为「信」。它有信或信任的特相。有净信的作用，如能净水的摩尼宝珠；或有跳跃（从不信至信）的作用，如渡瀑流相似。以不玷污为现状，或以信解为现状。以起信之事为近因，或以听闻正法等的须陀洹支为近因。当知信如手、财产，及种子。

Ñ(XIV,140): (ix) By its means they have faith (saddahanti), or it itself is the having of faith, or it is just the act of having faith (saddahana), thus it is faith (saddhā). Its characteristic is having faith, or its characteristic is trusting. Its function is to clarify, like a water-clearing gem, or its function is to enter into, like the setting out across a flood (cf. Sn. 184). It is manifested as non-fogginess, or it is manifested as resolution. Its proximate cause is something to have faith in, or its proximate cause is the things beginning with hearing the Good Dhamma (saddhamma) that constitute the factors of stream-entry. It should be regarded as a hand [because it takes hold of profitable things], as wealth (Sn. 182), and as seed (Sn. 77).

Visuddhimagga XIV-139

463. Ārammaṇe cittaṃ samaṃ ādhiyati, sammā vā ādhiyati, samādhānamattameva vā etaṃ cittassāti samādhi. So avisāralakkhaṇo, avikkhepalakkhaṇo vā, sahajātānaṃ sampiṇḍanaraso nhāniyacuṇṇānaṃ udakaṃ viya, upasamapaccupaṭṭhāno, visesato sukhapadaṭṭhāno, nivāte dīpaccīnaṃ ṭhiti viya cetaso ṭhitīti daṭṭhabbo.

（8）对于所缘持心平等，或正持，或心的等持故为「定」。它有不散或不乱的特相；有统一俱生（心、心所）的作用，如水之于洗澡粉相似；以寂止为现状；以殊胜的乐为近因。当知于定中的心的静止，正如在无风之处的灯焰的静止一样。

Ñ(XIV,139): (viii) It puts (ādhiyati) consciousness evenly (samaṃ) on the object, or it puts it rightly (sammā) on it, or it is just the mere collecting (samādhāna) of the mind, thus it is concentration (samādhi). Its characteristic is non-wandering, or its characteristic is non-distraction. Its function is to conglomerate conascent states as water does bath powder. It is manifested as peace. Usually its proximate cause is bliss. It should be regarded as steadiness of the mind, like the steadiness of a lamp's flame when there is no draught.