釋禪波羅蜜次第法門 3.47

3.47

Cessation is the initial gate. Between the two matters of wholesome and unwholesome, one will certainly occur. The practitioner must clearly recognize their signs so that in choosing and discarding they do not diverge from the correct path; hence, it is necessary to distinguish them. Now, regarding the wholesome and unwholesome root-dispositions, there are two points: first, to examine and verify the wholesome root-dispositions; second, to examine and verify the unwholesome root-dispositions. However, regarding the order in which the wholesome and unwholesome arise, it varies with each individual; it is not necessarily predetermined that the wholesome comes first and the unwholesome follows.