釋禪波羅蜜次第法門 5.90

5.90

一、因果者，遠而論之，行內外方便及入未到地等為因，感得初禪為果。今就近釋，但據初禪，自有因果。有人言：「四支為因，後一心支為果。」此即無文。今依《纓絡》解禪支，五支為因，第六默然心為定體，即以體為果。若通論因果，支支相因，悉得辨因果也。

First, regarding cause and effect: broadly speaking, practicing the internal and external expedient means, entering the anāgamya, and so forth serve as the cause, which produces the first dhyāna as the effect. Explaining it more proximately now, relying solely on the first dhyāna, it intrinsically contains cause and effect. Some say: 'The four factors are the cause, and the subsequent factor of ekāgratā is the effect.' This, however, has no scriptural basis. Now, relying on the Yingluo jing to explain the dhyāna factors, the five factors are the cause, and the sixth, the silent mind, is the essence of absorption, thus taking the essence as the effect. If one discusses cause and effect generally, factor causes factor, and cause and effect can be distinguished in all of them.