俱舍論頌疏論本 5.18

5.18

'Cultivated for peaceful abiding' clarifies the mental orientation. The preceding absorption of non-conception was for the sake of seeking liberation, preceded by mental orientation with the notion of renunciation. This absorption of cessation is for the sake of seeking peaceful abiding, preceded by mental orientation with the notion of tranquil cessation. 'The Peak of Existence' clarifies the ground upon which it relies. The preceding absorption of non-conception relies on the fourth dhyāna; this absorption of cessation relies exclusively on the Peak of Existence (bhavāgra). That is to say, all the lower grounds are termed 'having conception', where the mental activities and conceptions are coarse and agitated, and difficult to bring to cessation. This ground of the Peak of Existence is called 'neither conception [nor non-conception]', where the mental activities are subtle and easy to bring to cessation; therefore the absorption of cessation exists only in the Peak of Existence.