四明尊者教行錄 2.25

2.25

Question: The citation of scriptural passages based on the doctrine is clear like this; but how is the practitioner to settle the mind? Having to pass through the primary and secondary retributions, whether great or small, the detailed forms of each objective realm must be contemplated one by one. If one illuminates true-suchness, one must cut off thought: emptiness and existence are both extinguished, and realm and contemplation are both dissolved. Now, contemplating marks conflicts with the true, and illuminating the principle contradicts phenomena; since it is difficult to hold both thoughts together, one will inevitably have no refuge. We pray you show us how to apply the mind, to serve forever as a method of cultivation.