首楞嚴義疏注經 9.85

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三、無色界。此四無色，無業果色，定多慧少，厭下色礙，想無邊空，次厭空處乃至厭無所有，以非想非非想為究竟涅槃，有此四種分其位次。雖無業果色，然有定果色為識所依，此大乘說實有處所。若《俱舍》說「無色界無處，由生有四種，依同分及命，令心等相續。」餘經說有無色有情佛邊聽法，淚下如雨者，此約大乘有定果說。前文亦說無色界天發願護呪也。

3. The Formless Realm. In these four formless [heavens], there is no karmically resultant form; concentration is abundant and wisdom is deficient. Disgusted with the lower form-obstructions, they imagine boundless space; next, disgusted with the sphere of [boundless] space, up to being disgusted with nothingness, they take neither-perception-nor-non-perception to be ultimate nirvāṇa. These four kinds divide their stages. Although they lack karmically resultant form, they nevertheless possess concentration-resultant form as the support for consciousness; this is the Mahāyāna teaching that there are actual places [there]. As the Kośa says: 'The formless realm has no place; because there are four kinds of rebirth, relying upon nikāya-sabhāga and vital faculty, it causes the mind and so forth to continue.' Other sūtras say that there are formless sentient beings who listen to the Dharma by the Buddha's side, weeping tears like rain; this is said in accord with the Mahāyāna having concentration-resultant [form]. The preceding text also stated that the devas of the formless realm made vows to protect the dhāraṇī.