釋禪波羅蜜次第法門 7.75

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十五、觀滅者，此對無所有處。所以者何？此定緣無為法塵，心與無為相應。對無為法塵發少識故，凡夫得之，謂之心滅，深生愛著，不能捨，為之所縛。今言觀滅者，得此定時，即覺有少識。此識雖少，亦有四陰和合，無常、無我、虛誑，譬如糞穢，多少俱臭，不可染著，是名觀滅。

Fifteenth, contemplating cessation: this corresponds to the station of nothingness. Why is that? This absorption conditions the unconditioned mental object (dharmāyatana), the mind corresponding with the unconditioned. Because subtle consciousness arises in relation to the unconditioned mental object, when ordinary people attain it, they think it is the cessation of mind, producing deep attachment, being unable to abandon it, and becoming bound by it. Now, as for “contemplating cessation”: when one attains this absorption, one immediately realizes that there is a subtle consciousness. Although this consciousness is subtle, it is also formed by the combination of the four aggregates, impermanent, non-self, and deceptive. Just like excrement, whether little or much, both are foul-smelling and must not be attached to; this is named contemplating cessation.