宗鏡錄 55.19

55.19

答。有四義不同。古釋云。一約得人異。滅盡定是聖人得。無想是凡夫得。二祈願異。入滅盡定者。作正息想求功德入。無想定。作解脫入。三感果不感果異。無想定是有漏。能感無想天別報果。滅定是無漏。不感三界果。四滅識多少異。滅盡定滅識多。兼滅第七染分末那。無想定滅識少空滅前六識。

Answer: There are four different meanings. Ancient commentaries explain: First, difference in terms of the person who attains it: the absorption of cessation is attained by noble persons, whereas [the absorption] without conceptualisation is attained by ordinary worldlings. Second, difference in aspiration: those entering the absorption of cessation enter it by forming the thought of true pacification and seeking merit; those entering the absorption without conceptualisation enter it by forming the thought of liberation. Third, difference in bringing about or not bringing about karmic fruit: the absorption without conceptualisation is with outflows, and can bring about the distinctive karmic fruit of the heaven without conceptualisation; the absorption of cessation is without outflows, and does not bring about fruit in the three realms. Fourth, difference in the quantity of consciousnesses extinguished: the absorption of cessation extinguishes more consciousness, also extinguishing the defiled portion of the seventh manas; the absorption without conceptualisation extinguishes less consciousness, only extinguishing the first six consciousnesses in vain.