觀音玄義 2.25

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三無緣慈者，若緣十法界性相等差別假名，此假則非假，十法界如幻如化，空則非空，非假故不緣十法界性相、非空故不緣十法界之真。既遮此二邊，無住無著，名為中道，亦無中可緣，畢竟清淨。如是觀時，雖不緣於空假，任運雙照二邊，起無緣慈悲，拔二死之苦，與中道之樂，如磁石吸鐵，無有教者自然相應。無緣慈悲吸三諦機更無差忒，不須作念，故言無緣慈悲也。行者始於凡地，修此慈悲即得入於五品弟子，觀行無緣慈悲進入十信位，相似無緣慈悲入於十住，方是分證無緣慈悲；乃至等覺隣極慈悲熏眾生，不動如明鏡，無念如磁石，任運吸鐵，故名無緣慈悲。三諦具足名之為普，通至中道故稱為門也。

Third, regarding unconditioned benevolence: if one conditions the differentiated provisional names of the natures and marks of the ten dharma-realms, this provisional is then not provisional; since the ten dharma-realms are like illusions and like phantoms, emptiness is then not empty. Because it is not provisional, one does not condition the natures and marks of the ten dharma-realms; because it is not empty, one does not condition the truth of the ten dharma-realms. Having blocked these two extremes, there is no abiding and no attachment, which is called the middle way; nor is there any 'middle' that can be conditioned, being ultimately pure. When contemplating in this way, although one does not condition emptiness or the provisional, one spontaneously doubly illuminates both extremes, giving rise to unconditioned benevolence and compassion, eradicating the suffering of the two deaths and bestowing the bliss of the middle way, like a lodestone attracting iron, naturally corresponding without any instructor. Unconditioned benevolence and compassion attract the capacities of the three truths without any discrepancy and without requiring deliberation; hence it is called unconditioned benevolence and compassion. When a practitioner begins in the stage of an ordinary person, cultivating this benevolence and compassion enables entry into the five grades of disciples; through unconditioned benevolence and compassion of contemplative practice, one advances into the ranks of the ten faiths; through semblance unconditioned benevolence and compassion, one enters the ten abodes, which is only then partial realization of unconditioned benevolence and compassion; up to equal enlightenment, where the near-ultimate benevolence and compassion permeates sentient beings, unmoving like a clear mirror and thought-free like a lodestone spontaneously attracting iron. Hence it is called unconditioned benevolence and compassion. Being complete with the three truths is called 'universal'; penetrating to the middle way, it is called a 'gate.'