解脫道論 地一切入開卷連問
行門品以地一切入開卷。一段連問先把整門的框架立起：其名、其修、其相味處、其功德。定義只有一句——依地相而生的心；功德說有十二，自相容易獲得，至甘露為邊。往下諸問，後文一一接續。
The Practice Chapter opens with the earth kasiṇa. A single series of questions first establishes the framework of the whole practice: its name, its cultivation, its characteristic, function, and proximate cause, and its benefits. The definition takes only one sentence—a mind arising in dependence on the earth sign. The benefits are said to be twelve, from the sign being easy to obtain through to the Deathless as the boundary. The questions that remain are each continued in what follows.
Shi Huijing · Waken · The Path of Freedom · Opening Questions on the Earth Kasiṇa · Doorway · Summer 2026
阿羅漢優波底沙造，梁扶南三藏僧伽婆羅譯《解脫道論》〈行門品〉「地一切入開卷連問」· 大正藏 T32n1648〔起 T32 0412b〕。段首〔T32 …〕＝大正藏頁·欄錨。
〔T32 0412b〕
問：云何地一切入？何修？何相？何味？何處？何功德？一切入者何義？幾種地？何地取相？云何作曼陀羅法？何修地法？答：是心依地相生，此謂地一切入。心不亂住是為修。善樂著地想為相。不捨為味。意無異念為處。何功德者，謂有十二功德，從地一切入是相易得，於一切時、於一切行心行無礙，如意神通，履水遊空如地，受種種色辯，初念宿命辯，及天耳界辯，隨行善趣甘露為邊。
The canonical text stands in Chinese only. This edition renders the essence, the plain reading, the exposition and the apparatus into English — never the sūtra itself. Switch to 漢讀本 or 並行雙語 above to read it.
連問並舉
本段開卷連問：什麼是地一切入？如何修？其相如何？其味如何？其處如何？有何功德？一切入一詞是什麼意思？地有幾種？取哪種地的相？如何作曼陀羅法？如何修地法？答覆自定義起，依序作答至功德為止；其餘諸問由後文依次作答。
心依地相而生
答覆先立定義：依於地相而生的心——這就叫地一切入。
修、相、味、處
心不亂而住，是修。善於樂著地想，是相。不捨，是味。意無異念，是處。
十二功德
說有十二功德：從地一切入，相容易獲得；於一切時、於一切行，心行無礙；如意神通；履水、遊空，如同在地上；領受種種色辯；初念宿命辯；及天耳界辯；隨行善趣；甘露為邊。原文標舉十二，所列各項未逐一點號；各項仍依原次序保留，不作唯一切分。
The Questions Set Out Together
The chapter opens by asking all of these questions together: What is the earth kasiṇa? How is it cultivated? What is its characteristic? What is its function? What is its proximate cause? What benefits does it have? What does the expression “kasiṇa” mean? How many kinds of earth are there? From what kind of earth is the sign taken? How is the maṇḍala method carried out? How is the earth practice cultivated? The reply begins with the definition and answers each question in sequence through the benefits; the remaining questions are answered one by one in what follows.
A Mind Arising in Dependence on the Earth Sign
The reply first states the definition: a mind arising in dependence on the earth sign—this is called the earth kasiṇa.
Cultivation, Characteristic, Function, and Proximate Cause
For the mind to abide without distraction is cultivation. Skill in delighting in the perception of earth is its characteristic. Not relinquishing it is its function. An intention without a different thought is its proximate cause.
Twelve Benefits
It is said to have twelve benefits: through the earth kasiṇa, the sign is easily obtained; at all times and in every mode of conduct, the mind proceeds without obstruction; one gains supernormal powers according to one's wish; one can tread upon water and move through the air as though upon earth; one receives discriminative knowledge concerning the various forms; the initial recollection and discriminative knowledge of former lives; discriminative knowledge of the sphere of the divine ear; one proceeds toward a fortunate destination; and the Deathless is the boundary. The source announces twelve, but does not number the items one by one. They are therefore retained in their original sequence without imposing a single definitive division.
Shi Huijing · Waken · The Path of Freedom · Opening Questions on the Earth Kasiṇa · Vernacular · Summer 2026
先把問題問滿
行門的逐門展開，從地一切入開始。本段開卷把要問的一次問滿：這一門是什麼、怎麼修、相味處如何、有何功德，乃至一切入之義、地之種類、取相之地、曼陀羅之作法、修地之法。答覆先答到功德為止，其餘諸問由後文依次接續。這樣的開場先把一門的框架立起來：先知道要問什麼，再逐項領受答覆。
定義落在心上
地一切入的定義只有一句：依地相而生的心。名目說地，所立的卻是心；地相是這個心生起所依。
修、相、味、處四事
修，是心不亂而住；相，是善於樂著地想；味，是不捨；處，是意無異念。
十二功德作結
本段末尾舉功德：說有十二，自相容易獲得起，至甘露為邊止——於一切時、於一切行心行無礙，如意神通，履水遊空如在地上，領受種種色辯，初念宿命辯，天耳界辯，隨行善趣。功德一串，把這一門從初得其相，一路指到它的邊際。
Asking the Whole Set of Questions First
The chapter's practice-by-practice exposition begins with the earth kasiṇa. At the outset, this passage asks the whole set of questions at once: what this practice is, how it is cultivated, what its characteristic, function, and proximate cause are, what benefits it has, and then the meaning of kasiṇa, the kinds of earth, the earth from which a sign is taken, the method of making a maṇḍala, and the cultivation of the earth practice. The reply answers through the benefits first; the remaining questions are taken up in sequence below. This opening thus establishes the framework of an entire practice: first learn what must be asked, then receive the answers item by item.
The Definition Falls upon the Mind
The definition of the earth kasiṇa is only one sentence: a mind arising in dependence on the earth sign. The name speaks of earth, but what is established is a mind; the earth sign is that in dependence on which this mind arises.
Four Matters: Cultivation, Characteristic, Function, and Proximate Cause
Cultivation is the mind's abiding without distraction. The characteristic is skill in delighting in the perception of earth. The function is not relinquishing it. The proximate cause is an intention without a different thought.
The Twelve Benefits as the Close
The passage closes by presenting the benefits. It says there are twelve, beginning with the sign being easy to obtain and ending with the Deathless as the boundary: at all times and in every mode of conduct, the mind proceeds without obstruction; supernormal powers occur according to one's wish; one treads upon water and moves through the air as though upon earth; one receives discriminative knowledge concerning various forms, the initial recollection and discriminative knowledge of former lives, discriminative knowledge of the sphere of the divine ear, and proceeds toward a fortunate destination. This string of benefits carries the practice from the first obtaining of its sign all the way to its boundary.
Shi Huijing · Waken · The Path of Freedom · Opening Questions on the Earth Kasiṇa · Exposition · Summer 2026
考據Apparatus
一、段落定位
本節出自〈行門品〉之一開卷。品題行在 412b21；本段自 412b22 起，是三十八行處逐門展開的第一個問答。本段作答至功德為止；連問中其餘諸問（一切入之義、地之幾種、取相之地、曼陀羅之作法、修地之法）由後文依次作答。三十八行處之列舉與料簡在前品〈分別行處品〉，不在本品。
全段定位錨
〔T32, 412b22–412c01〕
二、詞義與章內脈絡
一切入：其義由本段連問之一提出、後文自答，本節不預取。曼陀羅：照問句字面保留，其作法由後文之答自明。辯（色辯、宿命辯、天耳界辯）與甘露：均照本段用法保留，不以他章或他書補義。十二功德：本段標舉十二而未逐項點號，所列各項之切分不由本段自明，本節不代為配數。
三、校記與異讀
本段範圍內校記三處。品題行 412b21「第八」，宮本無此二字。本段 412b25「心不亂住是為修」，大正本「是」下有「名」字（作「是名為修」），麗本無「名」；本文之讀從麗本。412b28「於一切行心行無礙」之「心」下，宋、元、明三本與宮本有「無」字；此處依大正本。三處均誌而不改，不據以立義。
1. Location of the Passage
This section opens the chapter “The Practice.” The chapter title stands at 412b21; this passage begins at 412b22 and is the first question-and-answer treatment in the practice-by-practice exposition of the thirty-eight subjects of practice. Its answers extend through the benefits. The remaining questions in the opening series—the meaning of kasiṇa, the kinds of earth, the earth from which the sign is taken, the making of the maṇḍala, and the cultivation of the earth practice—are answered in sequence below. The enumeration and classification of the thirty-eight subjects of practice belong to the preceding chapter, “Distinguishing Subjects of Practice,” not to this chapter.
Anchor for the complete passage
〔T32, 412b22–412c01〕
2. Terms and Intratextual Context
一切入 (kasiṇa): its meaning is posed as one question in the opening series and answered later by the text itself; this section does not anticipate that answer. 曼陀羅 (maṇḍala): retained according to the wording of the question; its method is made clear by the later answer. 辯—色辯, 宿命辯, and 天耳界辯—and 甘露 are all retained according to their use in this passage, without supplying meanings from another chapter or another work. 十二功德: the passage announces twelve benefits but does not number them item by item. Their segmentation is not made explicit here, and this apparatus does not assign the count on the text's behalf.
3. Editorial Notes and Variant Readings
There are three editorial notes within this range. At 412b21, the words 第八 in the chapter-title line are absent from the Gong edition. At 412b25, in 心不亂住是為修, the Taishō edition has 名 after 是, thus reading 是名為修, while the Korean edition lacks 名; the present text follows the Korean edition. At 412b28, after 心 in 於一切行心行無礙, the Song, Yuan, Ming, and Gong editions have 無. The present text follows the Taishō edition here. All three readings are recorded without emendation and are not made the basis of a doctrinal claim.
Shi Huijing · Waken · The Path of Freedom · Opening Questions on the Earth Kasiṇa · Apparatus · Summer 2026