妙法蓮華經玄義 4.28

4.28

《毘曇》云：「無色有道共戒。戒是無作色，以無漏緣通故，此戒色隨無漏至無色也。」成論人云：「色是無教法，不至無色。」《舍利弗毘曇》云：「無色有色。」當知小乘明義，即有兩意。《大經》云：「無色界色，非諸聲聞所知。」若爾，四念處通無色，亦復何妨？

The *Abhidharma* states: "The formless realm possesses precepts conjoined with the path. Precepts are unmanifest form; because the condition of the undefiled pervades, this precept-form follows the undefiled into the formless realm." Masters of the *Tattvasiddhi* say: "Form is an unmanifest dharma and does not reach the formless realm." The *Śāriputrābhidharma* states: "The formless realm has form." One should know that the Hīnayāna's explanations of the doctrine have two views. The *Great Sūtra* states: "The form of the formless realm is not what the śrāvakas know." If so, what obstacle is there to the four stations of mindfulness pervasively applying to the formless realm?