修習止觀坐禪法要 1.116

1.116

一、眼見色時修止者。隨見色時，如水中月，無有定實。若見順情之色，不起貪愛；若見違情之色，不起瞋惱；若見非違非順之色，不起無明及諸亂想，是名修止。云何名眼見色時修觀？應作是念：「隨有所見，即相空寂。所以者何？於彼根塵空明之中，各無所見，亦無分別，和合因緣，出生眼識，次生意識，即能分別種種諸色。因此則有一切煩惱善惡等法。」即當反觀念色之心，不見相貌。當知見者及一切法，畢竟空寂，是名修觀。

First, cultivating calming when the eye sees forms: As one sees forms, they are like the moon in the water, without fixed reality. If seeing forms that are agreeable, one does not give rise to greed and love; if seeing forms that are disagreeable, one does not give rise to anger and vexation; if seeing forms that are neither disagreeable nor agreeable, one does not give rise to ignorance and various confused thoughts. This is called cultivating calming. How is it called cultivating contemplation when the eye sees forms? One should think thus: "Whatever is seen, its mark is immediately empty and tranquil. Why is that? In the midst of those faculties, objects, empty space, and light, each has nothing seen and also no discrimination; with the coming together of causes and conditions, eye consciousness arises, followed by the arising of mental consciousness, which can then discriminate various forms. Because of this, there are all defilements, wholesome, unwholesome, and other phenomena." One should then reflexively contemplate the mind that thinks of forms, yet see no appearance [of it]. One should know that the seer and all phenomena are ultimately empty and tranquil. This is called cultivating contemplation.