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心不相應行法 · 不相應行二十四 · 第五 · dissociated formations · dissociated formations #5/24

無想定Non-perceptual attainment designation

Asaṃjñi-samāpatti · (無南傳獨立對應)

心不相應行法之第五。於已離遍淨欲(*śubhakṛtsna-vītarāga*,第三靜慮)、未離上地欲(*upary-avītarāga*,第四靜慮及以上)者,由「出離想」之前行作意(*niḥsaraṇa-saṃjñā-pūrvaka manasikāra*),令諸非恆轉心心所法(*asthāvara cittacaitasika dharma*)止息之分位,假立「無想定」(*asaṃjñi-samāpatti*)之名——其體非實,乃修定時損伏 麁動心心所種、令其暫不現行之分位施設。本條 cluster-locator 屬「依色心分位假立」——CWS 卷一之第四類假立(→#71 cluster 首 articulate 全形)。

zh · Xuanzang 譯

心不相應行法之第五。於已離遍淨欲(śubhakṛtsna-vītarāga,第三靜慮)、未離上地欲(upary-avītarāga,第四靜慮及以上)者,由「出離想」之前行作意(niḥsaraṇa-saṃjñā-pūrvaka manasikāra),令諸非恆轉心心所法(asthāvara cittacaitasika dharma)止息之分位,假立「無想定」(asaṃjñi-samāpatti)之名——其體非實,乃修定時損伏麁動心心所種、令其暫不現行之分位施設。本條詞族定位屬「依色心分位假立」——《成唯識論》卷一之第四類假立(→#71 詞族首闡明全形)。

#75 與 #77 之因果配對:本條(無想定)為修因(事相之定中心心所暫止事件),#77 無想報(āsaṃjñika→#77)為其異熟果(生於無想有情天之結果報)。二條以同一 asaṃjñin- 語根共享詞根,互為因果 prajñapti 對(→#77 bidirectional 跨連)。

#75 與 #76 之「假立二定」聯結:《成唯識論》卷一(T31n1585_p0005c03–13)以「二無心定」聯論無想定(#75)+ 滅盡定(#76),共享同一假立論證(損伏心等種故,麁動心等暫不現行,依此分位,假立二定)——為本條最重要之論典 joint treatment(→#76 假立二定 joint treatment 全闡述)。

不相應行為論藏所立之分析範疇,於阿含、尼柯耶不作獨立法目;無想定之概念線索可由「無想有情天」(asaṃjñi-sattva-deva)之宇宙論描述追溯——諸阿含中有色界天位描述,然此類用法為宇宙論現象的描述,非本體獨立法立。

⚠ In Review · 無想定無確定之 [共傳] 或 [大乘] 經典單一錨點經字元級核校確認——本條漢段經 sub-節以宇宙論線索代標準分判;覆核未得單一 sūtra T-定位可供入。

《顯揚聖教論》卷一(T31n1602, T31.0484b01–05,無著菩薩造):

無想定者,謂已離遍淨欲,未離上地欲,觀想如病如癰如箭,唯無想天寂靜微妙。由於無想天起出離想作意前方便故,不恒現行心心法滅性。

——⭐ 顯揚之豐富化(超出集論本體):

  1. 「觀想如病如癰如箭」——roga-gaṇḍa-śalya 之譬(病/癰/箭三喻,借自 Nikāyadukkha 之三喻,此處轉用於 saṃjñā 自身),見修立基之描述
  2. 「唯無想天寂靜微妙」——錨定修定目標(無想有情天,→#77 異熟果之宇宙論位置);此句為顯揚原貌,集論本體未及

Calque 鏈:śubhakṛtsna-vītarāga → 已離遍淨欲;upary-avītarāga → 未離上地欲;niḥsaraṇa-saṃjñā-pūrvaka manasikāra → 出離想作意前方便;asthāvarāṇāṃ cittacaitasikānāṃ dharmāṇāṃ nirodhe → 不恒現行心心法滅性。Calque 層次:逐字 ✅。

《成唯識論》卷一(T31n1585, T31.0005c03–09,假立二定 joint treatment):

又,遮礙心何須實法,如堤塘等,假亦能遮。謂修定時,於定加行,厭患麁動心、心所故,發勝期願,遮心、心所。令心、心所漸細漸微,微微心時,熏異熟識,成極增上厭心等種。由此損伏心等種故,麁動心等暫不現行,依此分位,假立二定。

——《成唯識論》以「遮礙心何須實法,如堤塘等,假亦能遮」駁破「遮心需實有法」之有部論辯。核心假立機制:修定厭患麁動心心所 → 熏成極增上厭心種子(種入異熟識)→ 損伏心等種 → 麁動心等暫不現行 → 依此分位假立二定。此 joint treatment 同時涵蓋 #75 無想定 + #76 滅盡定(→#76 假立二定 joint treatment 全闡述)。

《成唯識論》卷七(T31n1585, T31.0037b25–c12,無想定義理闡發):

無想定者,謂有異生伏遍淨貪,未伏上染,由出離想,作意為先,令不恒行心、心所滅,想滅為首,立無想名……非聖所起。

——《成唯識論》卷七三項義理特徵:①異生所獨修(「謂有異生」、「非聖所起」——與 #76 滅盡定之聖位所獨修相反,→#76);②「伏遍淨貪,未伏上染」——修定位階(第三靜慮已離欲,第四靜慮尚未);③「想滅為首,立無想名」——saṃjñā(想,#12)之止息為名稱之義理根據。

按:「假立二定」之 joint treatment(《成唯識論》卷一 T31.0005c03–09)揭示 #75 與 #76 之結構之對偶性質:同一 prajñapti 機制(損伏心等種,麁動心等暫不現行,依分位假立),在異生(#75)與聖位(#76)之不同主體上施設。二定之差異不在假立邏輯,而在主體(異生 vs 聖)、深度(前六識止息 vs 含末那染污部分),以及是否有無為自性面之對應(#76 有 → #99,#75 無)(→#76→#99)。

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a- ——否定前綴(無、非)。

saṃjñā ——「想」(#12,saṃjñā 心所(cetasika)),知覺、辨識;< sam-(俱全)+ √jñā(知)——「俱全知曉,完整辨識」。saṃjñin = 「有想者」(具有辨識功能者);asaṃjñin = 「無想者」(辨識功能暫止者)。

samāpattisam-(俱、同)+ ā-(向、強化)+ √pad(行、達)+ -ti(陰性抽象後綴)——「俱同達至之質」「等至」「定」。√pad <印歐祖語 *ped- / *pod-(「足、步」),同源於拉丁 pēs / pedis(「足」)→ 英文 pedal, pedestrian;「達定」之義由「踏入(某禪定境界)」引申。⚠️ 印歐祖語鏈深度有限,等至 之技術義「禪定之等至」屬 Indo-Aryan 內部語義發展,印歐祖語層僅存 "step/foot" 之基礎義。

複合:asaṃjñi-samāpatti = 「無想者之等至」「令辨識功能暫止之禪定」。

《阿毘達磨集論》(無著, Abhidh-s 10–11)梵本定義(PRAJNAPTI_DEFINITIONS.md § VI):

asaṃjñisamāpattiḥ katamā / śubhakṛtsna-vītarāgasya upary-avītarāgasya niḥsaraṇa-saṃjñā-pūrvakeṇa manasikāreṇa asthāvarāṇāṃ cittacaitasikānāṃ dharmāṇāṃ nirodhe asaṃjñisamāpattir iti prajñaptiḥ //

於已離淨遍處之欲(śubhakṛtsna-vītarāga)、未離其上之欲者(upary-avītarāga),由「出離想」之前行作意(niḥsaraṇa-saṃjñā-pūrvaka manasikāra),於諸非恆轉心心所法(asthāvarāṇāṃ cittacaitasikānāṃ dharmāṇāṃ)之止息(nirodhe),稱為「無想定」之假立。

R.4 反覆公式asthāvarāṇāṃ cittacaitasikānāṃ dharmāṇāṃ nirodhe 為「R.4」反覆公式(#75 / #76 / #77 共用,PRAJNAPTI_DEFINITIONS.md § R.4),以同一 formula 貫穿三條:「在諸非恆轉心心所法之止息中,假立…」。asthāvara(「非恆轉、不穩定」)= 表面 7 識(起、滅相繼);對立於 sthāvara 之阿賴耶識(恆轉如暴流,不滅至阿羅漢位)。此術語為《成唯識論》「麁動心、心所」之梵語根(→#76 梵段已全闡明 asthāvara / sthāvara 軸)。

#75 vs #76 之《集論》層次差異:本條(#75)《集論》定義僅有 asthāvarāṇāṃ(非恆轉心心所之止息);#76 滅盡定《集論》定義亦僅有 asthāvarāṇāṃ,但顯揚(T31.0484b05–09)為 #76 額外加「及恒行一分諸心心法」(= 末那之染污部分)——此「及恒行一分」子句在《集論》集論本體中僅屬 #99 想受滅→#76 梵段全闡明《集論》 vs 顯揚之兩層讀法)。#75 定義無此深層子句——無想定不涉末那染污部分之止息,此乃 #75 vs #76 之根本深度差異(→#76)。

《集論》不相應行段 prajñapti 格式(無 svabhāva / karman 雙結構,僅以 iti prajñaptiḥ 一句作結)——格式精簡即義理立場(→#71 format-學科已詳)。

按:niḥsaraṇa-saṃjñā-pūrvaka manasikāra(「出離想」作意)之「出離想」(niḥsaraṇa-saṃjñā)——「出離 saṃjñā」作為 saṃjñā 自身(→#12 想心所)之元-cognition:以「出離想之心」觀察想本身「如病如癰如箭」(顯揚),令想之活動(asthāvara* 心心所)暫止。此元認知迴圈為 #75 無想定之修行結構——以「厭離想之作意」作為想之滅之因(→#12 想)。#77 之因果角色(→#77):修此定之業力招感無想有情天之異熟,於彼天中心心所自然不行(非以作意,而以業力)——此因果機制為 #75/#77 對偶之核心。*

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⚠ In Review · 南傳對「無想定」作教義性否定(非僅類別判攝不同)——此為 #75 與 #76 之最重大南北傳分歧。

Pāli 術語 asaññasamāpatti(無想定)存在於 Nikāya 宇宙論語境(asaññasattā-devā = 無想有情諸天,色界第四禪之宇宙位置);然南傳對以 asaññasamāpatti 為修行目標作教義性否定

  • Vism IX.124:明判 asaññasamāpatti 為死角定(micchā-samāpatti 性質之進路)——修此定者,身後生無想有情天,於彼天中住五百大劫不知不覺,業盡後退墮欲界,無修道進益
  • DN 1 梵網經:列「死後無想」(asaññīvāda)等相關立場於邪見(62 見)之列——南傳將追求無想境界之修行路線與部分外道(Jaina / Sāṃkhya yoga 系)之無想目標關聯

⚠ In Review · v0.1 之 Pāli 段有誤(驗證報告 Patch 2 所指):v0.1 原稱「南傳體系內亦立此定(與唯識判攝大致一致)」——此為不準確,南傳立場為否定(而非「另類判攝同一定」)。正確框架:

層面南傳瑜伽行派 (#75)
宇宙論位置承認 asaññasattā-bhava(色界第四禪)同承認無想有情天(→#77 之 cosmological 所指)
修行判攝否定為修道正路(Vism IX.124 死角定)收入 24 不相應行,為世間禪定之 prajñapti
與 #76 對比承認滅盡定(nirodha-samāpatti)為聖者正道#76 為聖者獨修,#75 為異生所修——南北傳在此判攝一致

此為 #75 與 #76 在南傳判攝上之根本差異——南傳承認 #76 為修道正路,否定 #75 為修道正路;唯識論中二者同為假立(同一 prajñapti 機制),但主體(異生 vs 聖)與深度(前六識 vs 含末那)有別。

按:南傳對「無想定」之否定揭示一深層問題:「無想」究竟是修道目標(以止息辨識功能為解脫)還是修道陷阱(以「無」誤認為「解脫」)?南傳判為陷阱——五百大劫之無知無覺非解脫,乃掛在「無想」名下之長期昏迷。唯識論則以 prajñapti 框架中立化其本體地位:無想定非實有法,其止息是分位假立,修此定之業力招感無想天之報(→#77),整體判攝為世間有漏禪之一類,非解脫路,亦非否定。南傳之否定與唯識之中立化相遇於同一結論:修無想定非解脫道——只是到達此結論之路徑不同。

漢綜述zh-synthesis

詞源

「無想定」之梵文 asaṃjñi-samāpatti 為複合詞:asaṃjñin(「無想者」= a-「無」+ saṃjñā「想」< sam-「俱」+ √jñā「知」+ -in 具者後綴)+ samāpatti(「等至、定」< sam- + ā- + √pad「行、達、步」+ -ti 陰性抽象後綴)。√pad < 印歐祖語 *ped-(「足、步」),同源拉丁 pēs / pedis(英文 pedal, pedestrian)——「達定」之義由「踏入禪定境界」引申,印歐祖語層僅存足/步之基礎義,技術義屬印度雅利安內部發展。saṃjñā(「想」,#12 心所)之 jñā 根與 √jñā「知」同,其印歐祖語對應 *ǵneh₃-(認知)。複合義:「令無想者達至之等至」「辨識功能暫止之禪定」。

義理

無想定為 24 不相應行之第五,定義為:於已離遍淨欲(第三靜慮)、未離上地欲(第四靜慮)者,由「出離想」之前行作意(niḥsaraṇa-saṃjñā-pūrvaka manasikāra),令諸非恆轉心心所法(asthāvara cittacaitta)止息之分位假立。《集論》R.4 反覆公式(asthāvarāṇāṃ cittacaitasikānāṃ dharmāṇāṃ nirodhe)為 #75/#76/#77 三條共用之結構軸(→#77)。三義理特徵區別於配對之 #76 滅盡定(→#76):(1)異生所修(「謂有異生」——非聖者所修,反之 #76 為聖位獨入);(2)前六識止息,不涉末那染污asthāvara 僅前六識,#76 加及末那染污之恆行一分);(3)無無為自性面(#76 有 #99 想受滅之無為對應,#75 無此對應)。《成唯識論》卷一「假立二定」joint treatment(「遮礙心何須實法,如堤塘等,假亦能遮」)共論 #75/#76,揭示兩定同一 prajñapti 機制(損伏心等種,麁動心等暫不現行,依分位假立),差異在主體與深度。修因(#75)→ 異熟果(→#77 無想報)為因果 prajñapti 對。

南北

南傳對無想定(asaññasamāpatti)作教義性否定——Vism IX.124 明判為死角定:修此定者生無想有情天,業盡後退墮欲界,修行無益。南傳承認 #76 滅盡定(nirodha-samāpatti)為聖者正道,明確否定 #75 為修道正路——此為南北傳在 #75/#76 對比判攝上之根本差異,南北在結論上趨同(二者皆判此定非解脫路),進路各異(唯識以 prajñapti 中立化,南傳以否定評估)。

修持

無想定點名「以想之止息誤認為解脫」之風險。Śubhakṛtsna 位之行者已息表面心,觀想「如病如癰如箭」(顯揚)而趨向出離,此作意真實;然所趨之結果(asaṃjñin 狀態)非解脫,乃修行陷阱。唯識以 prajñapti 框架保護行者不作本體化:止息是真實的,「令止息之因」是假立的,業報後果(→#77)使「暫時不現行」與「從阿賴耶識流解脫」之差別落地——真正之解脫路在深化 darśana-mārga,非在暫伏表面心之辨識活動。

譯名

「無想定」玄奘既譯——「無想」= asaṃjñi-(「無想者之」),「定」= samāpatti(等至)。英譯 Non-perceptual attainment designation 明示 prajñapti 性格,以 non-perceptual 對譯 asaṃjñi-(辨識功能暫止),以 attainment 對譯 samāpatti(等至)。

無想定 ——於已離遍淨欲、未離上地欲者,以「出離想」之前行作意,諸非恆轉心心所法止息之分位,假立「無想定」(asaṃjñi-samāpatti)之名;性為異生所修損伏粗動心心所之分位,業為招感無想天異熟之因;非別有體,依色心分位差別之合成假立,因果 prajñapti 對之修因端(→#77)。

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Etymology

Asaṃjñi-samāpatti compounds two Sanskrit terms. Asaṃjñin = a- (negation) + saṃjñā (perception, #12 in the cetasika list, "complete-knowing") + -in (possessor suffix) = "one without perception, non-percipient." Saṃjñā itself derives from sam- (complete) + √jñā "to know" — the cetasika of recognition and categorization (names, marks, apperception). Samāpatti = sam- + ā- + √pad "to step" + -ti — "the equal-attainment, the meditative equipoise." PIE *ped- gives Latin pēs/pedis (foot) and English pedal; the "attainment" meaning is an Indo-Aryan internal development from "stepping into [a meditative state]." Compound: asaṃjñi-samāpatti = "the attainment of the non-percipient, the meditative equipoise in which perception [provisionally] ceases." ⚠️ The -i linking vowel in asaṃjñi-samāpatti marks this as a bahuvrīhi--style compound on asaṃjñin; āsaṃjñika (#77) is the derived adjective from the same root (→#77).

Doctrinal frame

Asaṃjñi-samāpatti (無想定) is the fifth of 24 citta-viprayukta-saṃskāra in Yogācāra's 100-dharma system. Its designated ground: the configurational differential of the asthāvara citta-and-caitta dharmas (the surface 7 vijñānas' temporary non-functioning), when those non-functionings are produced by a meditator meeting the conditions Asg specifies — śubhakṛtsna liberation plus niḥsaraṇa-saṃjñā prior attention. The prajñapti is designated on the cessation-event, not on a separately-existing entitative cause of cessation. CWS fascicle 1's 「假立二定」 logic (→#76): the cessation does not require a real impeding factor; a prajñapti can "block" the arising of citta-and-caitta factors just as an earthen dam blocks water — the blocking is real, the blocking-factor is merely designated. Three doctrinal markers distinguish this entry from its paired sibling #76: (1) Worldling-only (異生所修, not noble-ones): entry does not require darśana-mārga foundation; (2) Surface-only cessation: only the asthāvara (non-firm) factors cease; the kliṣṭa-manas portion of the sthāvara (firm-constant) stream does not — unlike #76 which reaches deeper; (3) No asaṃskṛta aspect: unlike #76 (which has #99 想受滅 as its unconditioned-aspect counterpart), #75 has no corresponding asaṃskṛta entry — because a worldling-attainment cannot manifest the darśana-mārga-based unconditioned aspect (→#76, →#99). Causal connection to #77: the karma of practicing 無想定 with the intention of attaining the 無想天 becomes the seed for āsaṃjñika-rebirth (→#77) — the cause-prajñapti and result-prajñapti form a karma-chain pair.

Cross-tradition

Theravāda's doctrinal rejection (Vism IX.124 as a dead-end attainment) stands in partial contrast to Yogācāra's ontologically-neutral prajñapti framing, but both converge on the practical verdict: asaṃjñi-samāpatti is not a liberation-path attainment. Theravāda calls it micchā-samāpatti (wrong attainment); Yogācāra frames it as a worldling-accessible prajñapti without asaṃskṛta aspect — the same soteriological non-qualification, two architectural routes to the same conclusion. The contrast with #76 is cleaner in Theravāda than in Yogācāra: Theravāda endorses nirodha-samāpatti (= #76) as the supreme noble attainment, and explicitly rejects asaññasamāpatti (= #75) as a dead-end, making the boundary doctrinally sharp. Yogācāra expresses the same boundary through architectural means: #76 has an asaṃskṛta counterpart (#99); #75 does not.

Practitioner's seam

無想定 is the entry that names the risk of mistaking the cessation of saṃjñā for liberation. The Śubhakṛtsna-level meditator who has quieted the surface mind perceives the arising of saṃjñā (perception-categorization) as a disturbance — "perception like a disease, like a boil, like an arrow" (顯揚's roga-gaṇḍa-śalya simile). The aspiration toward niḥsaraṇa ("exit" from perception) is understandable; the diagnostic error is identifying that aspiration's fruit (the asaṃjñin state) with liberation rather than with a temporary suspension of the categorizing mind. Yogācāra's prajñapti framing protects against the reification: the cessation is real, the factor-causing-cessation is designated, and the karmic consequence (→#77) makes concrete the difference between "temporary non-functioning within a continuing ālaya-stream" and "liberation from the ālaya stream entirely." The path of genuine liberation runs through the deepening of darśana-mārga, not through the suspension of surface-mind categorization.

Translation

Non-perceptual attainment designation (asaṃjñi-samāpatti) — Of one who has abandoned desire for the śubhakṛtsna stage but not for what is above, with the prior attention of "exit-from-perception" intention: in the cessation of the non-firm citta-and-caitta dharmas — [we designate] "non-perceptual attainment." A worldling-accessible prajñapti on the temporary non-functioning of the surface mind; its karmic result-prajñapti is #77 non-perceptual reward (→#77).

translator's note

譯者按: 結構分析詳 S3-P12 §3.3。本條(#75 修因事相)與 #77 無想報(→#77 異熟果)為因果 prajñapti 配對;與 #76 滅盡定(→#76)共入《成唯識論》卷一「假立二定」之 joint treatment,但根本差異在主體(異生 聖)、深度(前六識 含末那)及是否有無為自性面(#76 有 →#99,#75 無)——南傳對此二定之差別判攝(承認 #76,否定 #75 為修道正路)與唯識之架構判攝高度一致,結論相同而進路各異。