止觀輔行傳弘決 1.100

1.100

次聞無量生四解中，皆取伏位及出假位名為無量，斷惑證真非無量故。初生生滅者，二乘方便菩薩三祇通名無量，故舉凡位十六諦觀。生無生中亦是三乘同伏、菩薩利他。生無量中分為兩句：初句在行、次句在向。一一句中皆云「亦」者，初句界內未盡，又伏界外，故云亦也。下句塵沙未盡，又伏無明，又言亦也。故《四念處》云「住斷見思」。又斷界外上品塵沙，十行中品、十向下品，今明無量不取十住。生無作中云「伏斷」者，信後正伏為斷方便，故云伏斷。入住正斷，非無量意。四種各受無量名者，如江河準海皆得名為其水無量，而其水量不無多少。

Next, within hearing the immeasurable and producing four understandings, they all take the stages of subduing [delusions] and the stage of emerging from provisionality to be called immeasurable, because severing delusions and realizing truth is not the immeasurable. First, producing [the understanding of] arising and perishing—the expedients of the two vehicles and the three [countless] kalpas of the bodhisattva are universally called immeasurable; hence it brings up the contemplation of the sixteen truths in the ordinary stage. In producing [the understanding of] non-arising, it is also that the three vehicles together subdue [delusions], and the bodhisattva benefits others. In producing [the understanding of] the immeasurable, it is divided into two sentences: the first sentence is in the [ten] practices, and the next sentence is in the [ten] dedications of merit. That each sentence says "also" means: in the first sentence, delusions within the three realms are not yet exhausted, and furthermore delusions beyond the realms are subdued, hence it says "also". In the lower sentence, dust-and-sand delusions are not yet exhausted, and furthermore ignorance is subdued, so again it says "also". Therefore, the Shiniandachu says: "The [ten] abodes sever [delusions of] view and thought." Furthermore, they sever the superior grade of dust-and-sand delusions beyond the realms; the ten practices [sever] the intermediate grade, and the ten dedications of merit [sever] the inferior grade. Now, in clarifying the immeasurable, the ten abodes are not taken. In producing [the understanding of] the uncreated, stating "subduing and severing" means that after faith, properly subduing is the expedient for severing, hence it says "subduing and severing". Entering the abodes is proper severing, which is not the meaning of immeasurable. That the four kinds each receive the name "immeasurable" is like rivers when compared to the ocean: all can be said to have immeasurable water, yet the amount of water is not without more or less.