首楞嚴義疏注經 6.14

6.14

'Arising and ceasing having been extinguished' concludes the previous three wisdoms: the three emptinesses are fully exhausted. Since they are successively emptied, they all belong to arising and ceasing; having reached the utmost limit here, it is said 'having been extinguished.' The true principle of non-arising and the quiescent, permanent, wondrous nature clearly manifest; hence it is said, 'quiescent extinction manifested before me.' Thus the text above says: 'This is named the bodhisattva entering into the forbearance of non-arising dharmas from samādhi.' This is the perfect contemplation of the nature of hearing: with no sensory realms in front of one, gradually clarifying coarse thoughts, slightly eliminating subtle concepts, until reaching non-thought. As the above text says: 'Calm, deep, and unmoving, the sand and soil naturally sink, and pure water appears—this is called initially subduing guest-dust afflictions. Removing the mud to leave pure water is called eternally severing fundamental ignorance. The luminous appearance is purified and pristine; all transformations do not become afflictions, but all accord with the pure, wondrous virtues of nirvāṇa. This begins from contemplative practice up to resemblance awakening, named the stage of arising and ceasing. Entering partial awakening and realizing the forbearance of non-arising is named the non-arising stage.' Yet this state of initial realization is inconceivable and no different from the Buddha. Therefore the sūtra says: 'The initial mind and the ultimate mind are not two and not distinct; of these two minds, the former is difficult.' After entering this stage, thought after thought is quiescent and extinguished, naturally flowing into the ocean of sarvajñā. This gate of contemplation is the perfect cultivation of the threefold contemplation in one mind. Here, through hearing, contemplation, and cultivation, turning the illumination inward and abandoning conditions to reveal one's own nature of hearing, coarse thoughts do not stir and subtle thoughts do not arise, leading to quiescent extinction. Expounded together with the meaning of emptiness, this is: when one is empty, all are empty. Where the nature of hearing is revealed, the principle of the Middle Way appears; this is called 'quiescent extinction manifesting before me.'