釋禪波羅蜜次第法門 4.21

4.21

一、計斷常癡者，行者於修定中，忽爾發邪思惟，利心分別：「過去我及諸法為滅，而有現在我及諸法邪？為不滅而有邪？」因是思惟，見心即發，推尋三世，若謂滅，即墮斷中；若謂不滅，即墮常中。如是癡覺，念念不住，因此利智捷疾，辯才無滯，諍競戲論，作諸惡行，能障正定出世之法，是為計斷常癡發之相。

First, regarding the delusion of reckoning annihilation and permanence: A practitioner, while cultivating concentration, suddenly gives rise to corrupt thinking and with a sharp mind discriminates: 'Did past self and dharmas perish, so that present self and dharmas exist? Or do they exist without having perished?' Because of such reflection, a mind of views arises. Inferring and investigating the three periods of time: if one asserts they perished, one falls into annihilation; if one asserts they did not perish, one falls into permanence. Deluded thoughts such as these do not rest for a thought-moment. Relying on this, their sharp intellect is swift, their eloquence is unhindered, and they engage in contentious frivolous sophistry and perform various evil deeds, which can obstruct the supramundane dharmas of correct concentration. This is the mark of the manifestation of the delusion of reckoning annihilation and permanence.