四明尊者教行錄 3.46

3.46

答：因緣停心者，則為初心行人多愚癡之心，起斷常之見，是以令觀三世因緣，對而治之。故荊溪云：三世相續故不斷，三世迭謝故不常等。此但略知因緣生相，未知因緣滅相。支佛正觀者，非秖觀三世而已，乃至能觀百千萬世，復知生而知滅，兼諦俗而諦真。二觀稍殊，不可相濫也。

Answer: Calming the mind through conditions is meant for beginners who have much delusion and ignorance in their minds and give rise to views of annihilationism and eternalism; therefore, they are instructed to contemplate the conditions of the three periods of time to counteract and remedy them. Thus Jingxi said: "Because the three periods of time are continuous, there is no annihilation; because the three periods of time alternate and pass away, there is no eternalism," and so forth. This only briefly understands the aspect of the arising of conditions, and does not yet know the aspect of the cessation of conditions. The correct contemplation of a pratyekabuddha, however, does not merely contemplate the three periods of time alone, but can even contemplate hundreds, thousands, and myriads of lifetimes; furthermore, it knows both arising and cessation, and takes both conventional truth and ultimate truth as true. The two contemplations are slightly different and must not be conflated.