釋禪波羅蜜次第法門 3.134

3.134

答曰：不然。今一家所明事理兩修，悉隨行人根緣，是以發法不同，寧可定有分別？如上所明三止，若略說，則應如所問，合為事、理兩修；若具足分別，應開為四修。就四修中，則有二種：一、約止門明四修；二、約觀門明四修。

Answer: Not so. What our lineage now explains as the two cultivations of phenomena and principle all follow the capacities and conditions of the practitioner; therefore, the dharmas that arise are not the same—how could there be a fixed distinction? Regarding the three cessations explained above, if spoken of briefly, they should indeed be combined into the two cultivations of phenomena and principle as you asked; but if differentiated completely, they should be expanded into four cultivations. In terms of the four cultivations, there are two kinds: first, explaining the four cultivations in terms of the gate of cessation; second, explaining the four cultivations in terms of the gate of contemplation.