法界次第初門 1.275

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三、止門。息心靜慮，名之為止。行者雖因隨息，心安明淨，而定猶未發。若心依隨，則微有起想之亂。澄渟安隱，莫若於止，故捨隨修止，是中多用凝心止也。凝心寂慮，心無波動，則諸禪定自然開發，故以止為門。

Third is the gate of stopping. Quieting the mind and stilling reflection is called 'stopping'. Although the practitioner's mind is tranquil, clear, and pure due to following the breath, meditative absorption has not yet arisen. If the mind relies on following, there is still the subtle disturbance of generating conceptualizations. For limpidity and peaceful ease, nothing surpasses stopping; therefore, one abandons following to cultivate stopping, and herein one mostly utilizes the stopping of concentrated mind. When the mind is concentrated and reflections are stilled, so that the mind has no stirring or agitation, the various meditative absorptions will naturally open and unfold; therefore, stopping is taken as a gate.