四分律行事鈔資持記 3.1010

3.1010

七中。却，即逆也。觀前為逆，觀後即順。疏云：由得五通，逆順觀中，八萬劫外，冥然不委，計為冥諦。轉縷丸者，舉喻顯也；謂以縷繫丸，高山放下；縷盡丸止，以喻無修。疏破云：佛法不爾。要須方便增修乃剋。如七覺支，簡擇正理，方能至詣，何有不修耶！

In [the refutation of] the seventh: què means reverse. Contemplating what precedes is reverse, and contemplating what follows is direct. The Commentary says: 'Through attaining the five supernatural knowledges, in their reverse and direct contemplations, beyond eighty thousand kalpas it is dark and indistinct, which they reckon as the Primal Principle (prakṛti).' The 'turning ball of thread' is a metaphor adduced to illustrate this: it means that tying a ball with thread and dropping it from a high mountain, the ball stops when the thread runs out—using this to symbolize non-cultivation. The Commentary refutes this, saying: 'The Buddhadharma is not like that. One must increase cultivation by means of expedient methods to achieve realization. Just as with the seven factors of awakening, one can reach the ultimate goal only by discerning the correct principle; how could there be no cultivation?'