釋摩訶衍論 2.18

2.18

The treatise says: The gate of the mind as tathatā has ten kinds of names. What are the ten? First is called the Gate of the Tathāgatagarbha, because it is free of confusion; second is called the Gate of Non-dual Equality, because it lacks distinctions; third is called the Gate of the Single Path of Purity, because it lacks diverged paths; fourth is called the Gate of Non-arising and Immobility, because it is free from activity; fifth is called the Gate of Non-severance and Non-bondage, because it lacks antidotes and obstructions; sixth is called the Gate of Non-going and Non-coming, because it lacks higher and lower; seventh is called the Gate of Transcending the World, because it lacks the four characteristics; eighth is called the Gate of Quiescence and Serenity, because it lacks going toward anything; ninth is called the Gate of the Great Universal Characteristic, because it lacks particular characteristics; tenth is called the Gate of Tathatā, because it lacks falsity. These are called the ten. These ten names fully subsume the names of the dharma gates of equal principle throughout all dharmapiṭakas of the Buddhas. What are the characteristics of the ten names of arising and ceasing? A verse says: