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  1. Buddha's Teaching on Cultivating the Body Sutra (佛治身經)
  1. Buddha's Teaching on Cultivating the Body Sutra (佛治身經)
  2. Buddha's Teaching on Cultivating the Body Sutra (佛治身經)

Buddha's Teaching on Cultivating the Body Sutra (佛治身經)

About 佛治身經

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The Sutra on the Discipline of the Body is a significant Buddhist scripture, traditionally compiled by ancient Indian Buddhist monastics or scholars, though its specific author is no longer known. Composed during the early development of Buddhism, it emphasizes purifying the mind through the taming of the body, integrating meditative practice with principles of well-being. Its primary content addresses bodily discipline, methods of breath awareness, and daily dignified conduct, instructing practitioners to attain mental purity through the regulation of the body, thereby illustrating the non-dual relationship between body and mind. This sutra holds a unique position within Buddhism, regarded as an important text on the practical meditation of early Buddhism. It has profoundly influenced later Chan methods and views on health, and is frequently cited in discussions of the Buddhist perspective on the body and practical cultivation.


佛治身經
失譯人名今附西晉錄
佛言:「當學。工語不?沙門法行,獨一處坐,但當正意。一處一臥一行不?中正,一為曉身。受經亦獨居。還使千人一人勝,千軍中能得勝;一人能勝身,是為勝。軍中勝,勝勝者,不如勝餘勝;己勝身,常為勝。無力亦不勝,摩汎藍亦不能己勝,不能作不勝,比丘勝乃不勝。先為自身定正教,後教餘,為諸輩如我。自身上頭隨法行,便教餘人,如是易教。己身如是,如教他人,已得身教意,不復難教餘。欲教餘,先自教,還使自教,從身教得黠。為自身他故,多人亦莫犯。無有極自身,為自念無有極。自歸無有過身自歸,不如自歸諦。教身已黠,得歸已黠,便得法已黠,便得戒已黠。昆弟中不復憂已黠,便得樂已黠,不復憂自身,自歸身亦得歸他人。己身無有極,教一切從苦得脫。」
問曰:「何等為工語?」
師曰:「說三十七品經為工語;謂所說不亂人意,亦為工語。」
「何等為法行?」
「謂不離二百五十戒,是為法行。」
「何等為一為曉身?」
「謂知分別身中事。」
「何等為軍中人能得勝?」
「謂人不能勝惡。」
「何等為一人能勝身?」
「謂意念惡,能自制斷,是為勝身。」
「何等為身意教?」
「謂身受七戒,意受三戒。」
「何等為多人亦不犯?」
「謂等心使人不墮結。」
佛治身經

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