觀音義疏 1.6

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又，《大集經》釋無盡意：「東方過十恒沙國微塵世界，國名不眴，佛號普賢，純諸菩薩，無二乘名，但修念佛三昧，不滅、不生、不出，心行平等，猶如虛空，是為念佛。即見佛時，即具六波羅蜜，得無生忍，所謂：不取色即檀、除色相即尸、觀色盡即羼提、觀色寂滅即毘黎耶、不行色即禪、不戲論色即般若也。身子問：『誰為汝作字，名無盡意？』答曰：『一切諸法因緣果報無盡，一切諸法不可盡，初發無上菩提心已不可盡，譬如虛空不可窮盡，為一切智發菩提心，豈可盡乎？諸佛戒定慧解脫、解脫知見、十力、無畏等無盡，因如是等發心故不可盡。眾生性無盡、教化眾生無盡、知一切法性無盡故無盡，是名菩薩發心無盡。又，檀波羅蜜無盡，乃至方便無盡，凡八十無盡，八十無盡悉能含受一切佛法，從是得名，名無盡意也。』」又，《淨名》云：「何謂為盡？謂不盡有為。何謂無盡？不住無為。」《華嚴》有十無盡法門，如此等經皆就假名分別一切諸法因緣果報，以明無盡意。

Furthermore, the Daji jing explains "Akṣayamati": "In the eastern quarter, beyond worlds of dust motes numbering ten sands of the Ganges, there is a land named Unblinking, where the Buddha is titled Samantabhadra. It consists solely of bodhisattvas, with no names of the two vehicles. They cultivate only mindfulness-of-the-Buddha samādhi, which is non-extinguishing, non-arising, and non-emerging, with mental practice equal like space; this is mindfulness of the Buddha. When one sees the Buddha, one immediately possesses the six pāramitās and attains the receptive tolerance of the non-arising of dharmas, which means: not grasping form is dāna; eliminating the marks of form is śīla; contemplating the exhaustion of form is kṣānti; contemplating the quiescence of form is vīrya; not engaging in form is dhyāna; not playfully proliferating form is prajñā. Śāriputra asked: 'Who gave you this appellation, naming you Akṣayamati?' He answered: 'The causes, conditions, fruits, and retributions of all dharmas are inexhaustible; all dharmas cannot be exhausted. The initial arousal of the aspiration for unexcelled awakening cannot be exhausted, like empty space which cannot be exhausted; how could arousing the aspiration for awakening for the sake of all-knowledge ever be exhausted? The buddhas' precepts, concentration, wisdom, liberation, knowledge and vision of liberation, the ten powers, fearlessnesses, and so forth are inexhaustible; because the mind is aroused on the basis of such as these, it cannot be exhausted. The nature of sentient beings is inexhaustible, transforming sentient beings is inexhaustible, and knowing that the nature of all dharmas is inexhaustible, it is therefore inexhaustible: this is called the bodhisattva's arousal of aspiration being inexhaustible. Furthermore, the dāna-pāramitā is inexhaustible, up to skillful means being inexhaustible—in all, there are eighty inexhaustibles. These eighty inexhaustibles can all contain and receive all buddhadharmas. From this he obtained his name, being named Akṣayamati.'" Furthermore, the Jingming jing says: "What is meant by exhaustible? It means not exhausting the conditioned. What is meant by inexhaustible? It means not abiding in the unconditioned." The Huayan jing has ten inexhaustible dharma gates. Sūtras such as these all rely on conventional designations to distinguish the causes, conditions, fruits, and retributions of all dharmas, in order to clarify the meaning of inexhaustible.