[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Buddhist Literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha) › [Taishō Tripiṭaka (Chinese Buddhist canon)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho) › [起信論疏筆削記](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1848) › 19.4 # 起信論疏筆削記 19.4 起信論疏筆削記 19.4 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [19.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1848.19.4) 但今等者，意在顯別，故雙標唐梵，正修名奢摩他，前修方便名為止也，觀亦準此。以雙下，釋出別意。既言隨順，將知未是正止也，以即觀之止方名正止、即止之觀方名正觀，今既一向止息，但是止之方便，未得名為止行，故云隨順奢摩他也。問：此行是止，云何言觀？答：正修之時止觀雙運，止若無觀，不名真止；觀若無止，不名真觀。是故正修止亦名觀，故《圓覺》中名為靜觀。雖亦名觀，今言止者，以就泯相觀於真如。真如無相，向即心絕，心絕則成止義，亦是即空觀也。 > The phrase 'However, now...' intends to show the distinction; hence, it indicates both the Chinese and Sanskrit terms: actual cultivation is named \*śamatha\*, while the prior cultivation of expedient means is named 'calmness' (止); insight (vipaśyanā) is also modeled on this. From 'Because both...' onward, it explains the distinctive intention. Since it says 'in accordance with,' one can know that it is not yet the actual calmness; for it is only calmness identical with insight that is called actual calmness, and insight identical with calmness that is called actual insight. Now, since it is an exclusive cessation, it is merely an expedient means of calmness and cannot yet be termed the practice of calmness; therefore, it is said to 'accord with \*śamatha\*.' Question: 'This practice is calmness; why is it called insight?' Answer: 'At the time of actual cultivation, calmness and insight are dual-functioning. If calmness lacks insight, it is not called true calmness; if insight lacks calmness, it is not called true insight. Therefore, at the time of actual cultivation, calmness is also called insight; hence, in the \*Yuanjue jing\*, it is named "calm contemplation." Although it is also named insight, here it is called calmness because, with regard to obliterating marks, it contemplates tathatā. Tathatā is without marks; in facing it, the mind is cut off, and when the mind is cut off, the meaning of calmness is achieved; it is also the contemplation of emptiness.' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 19.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1848.19.3) - [Next: 19.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1848.19.5) - [Up: 19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1848.19) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1848~en-mt.19.4) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1848.19.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1848.19.4) · Pramāṇa