四明十義書 1.60

1.60

問疑書徵曰：《輔行》於陰入境文分兩段，謂先重明陰境，即指三科內唯取識心，去尺就寸文也。次明修觀，即十法成乘之文也。既去尺就寸文是定所觀之境，何曾便是修觀相耶？豈可見在正修章中便是修觀相耶？只如正明修觀文中，尚須更揀思議取不思議方為觀法。何得將定境之文便謂正明修觀？

The Letter Inquiring into Doubts interrogated you, saying: The Fuxing divides the text on entering the realm of the aggregates into two sections. First, it re-clarifies the object of the aggregates, which points precisely to the passage on selecting only the conscious mind from among the three categories and discarding the foot to take the inch. Second, it clarifies cultivating contemplation, which is the passage on the ten dharmas constituting the vehicle. Since the passage on discarding the foot to take the inch is the determination of the object to be contemplated, how could it ever be the mark of cultivating contemplation? How can you think that merely because it is located within the chapter on actual cultivation, it must be the mark of cultivating contemplation? Even within the text directly clarifying the cultivation of contemplation, one must still select the inconceivable from the conceivable before it becomes a contemplation method. How can you take the text determining the object and immediately claim it directly clarifies cultivating contemplation?