四明尊者教行錄 4.61

4.61

Answer: Based on his completion of the merit of the two contemplations and the exhaustion of the delusions of the two truths, he still cultivates the middle contemplation to deeply subdue ignorance; this must surely traverse lives and pass through many kalpas. We do not know where it is definitively said to be in the very body! The statement that one should presently hear the middle [way] can be said to occur in this very world, but the statement about cultivating contemplation does not have to be within a single life. Furthermore, after hearing the middle [way], one is not confined to present realization, but must return to the subsequent teaching.