金剛三昧經論 1.5

1.5

開說十門為其宗者，謂從一門增至十門。一門云何？一心中一念動，順一實修一行，入一乘住一道，用一覺覺一味。二門云何？不住二岸以遣二眾，不著二我以離二邊，通達二空不墮二乘，俱融二諦不違二入。三門者，自歸三佛而受三戒，順三大諦得三解脫，等覺三地，妙覺三身，入三空聚滅三有心。四門者，修四正勤，入四神足，四大緣力，四儀常利，超出四禪，遠離四謗，四弘地中四智流出。五門者，於五陰生具五十惡，故植五根而養五力，涉五空海跋五等位，得五淨法、度五道生，如是等也。云何六七八九等門？具修六度永除六入，行七覺分滅七義科，八識海澄，九識流淨，始從十信乃至十地，百行備足、萬德圓滿。如是諸門為是經宗。皆在經文，文處當說。然此後九門皆入一門，一門有九不出一觀，所以開不增一、合不減十，不增不減為其宗要也。

Regarding unfolding and explaining the ten gates as its tenet: it means increasing from one gate up to ten gates. What is the single gate? Within the one mind a single thought stirs; in accordance with the single reality one cultivates the single practice, enters the One Vehicle, abides in the single path, and uses the single awakening to awaken to the single taste. What is the two-gate? Not abiding on the two shores so as to dismiss the two assemblies; not clinging to the two selves so as to depart from the two extremes; penetrating the two emptinesses so as not to fall into the two vehicles; mutually merging the two truths so as not to contravene the two entries. The three-gate is: taking refuge oneself in the three Buddhas and receiving the three sets of precepts; according with the three great truths and obtaining the three liberations; equal awakening in the three grounds, wondrous awakening in the three bodies; entering the aggregation of threefold emptiness, extinguishing the mind of the three realms of existence. The four-gate is: cultivating the four right exertions, entering the four bases of psychic power, the four great causal conditions and powers, the four deportments constantly benefiting [beings], transcending the four dhyānas, staying far away from the four slanders, and having the four cognitions flow forth within the ground of the four vast vows. The five-gate is: in the birth of the five aggregates, possessing fifty evils, and therefore planting the five roots and nurturing the five powers; traversing the five oceans of emptiness, treading the five equal stages, obtaining the five pure dharmas, and crossing over the sentient beings of the five destinies, and so forth. What are the gates of six, seven, eight, nine, and so on? Fully cultivating the six pāramitās, eternally eliminating the six sense-entrances; practicing the seven limbs of awakening, extinguishing the seven items of meaning; the ocean of the eight consciousnesses becoming serene, the flow of the ninth consciousness becoming pure; from the initial ten faiths up to the ten grounds, the hundred practices fully prepared, the ten thousand virtues fully perfected. Such various gates constitute the tenet of this sūtra. They are all in the sūtra text, and will be explained at their places in the text. However, these latter nine gates all enter into the single gate, and the single gate contains the nine, not departing from the single contemplation. Therefore, unfolded, it does not add one; synthesized, it does not subtract ten. Being neither increased nor decreased is its essential tenet.