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識性不動，以滅窮研，於無盡中發宣盡性。如存不存，若盡非盡，如是一類名為非想非非想處。
前邊那是無所有處天，現在是非想非非想處天，這在天上是最高的，活八萬大劫，享八萬大劫的天福，然後還墮落。「識性不動」：在識無邊處天，那個識有的時候還有一種作用，現在識也不動了，無所有處天就是識性不動了。這識性既然不動了，「以滅窮研」，什麼都滅了。你怎麼樣研究，怎麼樣想要知道都沒有了。「於無盡中，發宣盡性」：在什麼都沒有這個裏邊，又發宣這個無盡的無盡，沒有窮盡的這種性。
「如存不存，若盡非盡」：發宣這種性怎麼樣呢？就好像有，又好像沒有；好像沒有了，又不是沒有；好像盡了，又不是盡。「如是一類名為非想非非想處」：像這一類的天人就叫什麼呢？就叫「非想」，沒有想了，「非非想」，又不是沒有想，所以還有一點點。有一點點在那個地方它不發生作用，在那個地方定著。定多久呢？定八萬大劫。這天人的壽命最長的，是八萬大劫的天福。
所以修道的人在這兒修行的時候要注意，最要緊的不要生念頭，不要起心動念。你一起心動念將來就要去受報的。以前有一個老修行在海邊修道，修這個非非想處定，要生非非想處天。他正想要入非非想處定，水裏的魚就來打他閒岔了。這叫打閒岔，是禪堂的口頭語：「你真打閒岔！」「你這個里拉腔！」好講話的人叫里拉腔；你儘好說話，好和人家去搭搭咯咯談話的，這叫打閒岔。你做一個 trouble maker（找麻煩），你要給人家 trouble（麻煩），這就叫打閒岔。
那麼這個老修行在這兒修行，這個魚來打他閒岔了。他一要入定，這個魚在水裏「噗通」這麼一跳，這一跳他就入不了定了；入不了定，他就生了瞋恨心。他說：「你這條魚真是討厭，我想要入定，你來給我麻煩，你不叫我入定。我現在沒有神通，等我有神通的時候，我變成一隻飛狸，專門吃你這個魚，把你都吃了。誰叫你來妨礙我修行？」這樣他生一念的瞋恨心，這個魚也不敢和他開玩笑了，也怕了，以後再不敢來麻煩他了，所以他就修成了無想定，生到非想非非想處天。等把八萬大劫天福享完了之後，你說怎麼樣啊？他這一念瞋恨心的果報就成熟了，他墮落到人間來，果然就變成了一隻飛狸，一種吃魚的小鳥，天天在那海上吃魚；吃來吃去，等釋迦牟尼佛出世，到那兒給他說法，他這才把這飛狸的身脫了又去做人，回來出家又修行，才證阿羅漢。
所以修道千萬不要生瞋恨心。不論誰對你好不好，你都要生一種愛惜人的心，慈悲愛護人的心，不要生瞋恨心，對任何人也不要瞋恨，不要不滿意。你要不滿意，你修成了固然是沒有問題了；如果沒修成，不超出三界去，將來都是要受果報的。中國有這麼一句話：「寧動千江水，不動道人心。」那千江水是很多了，我把它搖動起來，沒關係，我不動修道人這個心。修道人這個心，你要是一動他，他要是一生瞋恨心，那不得了了，將來就有因果了。
待續
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Sutra:
"The nature of consciousness is unmoving, yet within extinction they exhaustively investigate it, attempting to put an end to what is endless. It is as if it existed and yet did not exist, as if it were ended and yet not ended. Such beings are at the Station of Neither Thought nor Non-Thought.
Commentary:
The preceding text discussed the Heaven of Nothing Whatsoever. This is the Heaven of Neither Thought nor Non-Thought, the highest of the heavens. The life span of these celestial beings is eighty thousand great eons. After enjoying that long period of celestial blessings, they too fall back into rebirth. In the Heaven of the Station of Boundless Consciousness, the consciousness still functions occasionally, but here it doesn't move at all.
The nature of consciousness is unmoving, yet within extinction they exhaustively investigate it, attempting to put an end to what is endless. With everything extinguished, you investigate in order to know that everything is gone. Within the nothingness, you discover the nature of the endless.
When you discover this nature, however,
it is as if it existed and yet did not exist, as if it were ended and yet not ended. It seems to be gone, but it isn't.
Such beings are at the Station of Neither Thought nor Non-Thought. There is a bit of thought left, but at this station it does not function. They remain in samadhi for eighty thousand great eons. They are the gods with the longest life span. They enjoy eighty thousand great eons of celestial blessings.
People who cultivate the Way should know that the most important thing is to avoid giving rise to thoughts. Once your mind is set in motion and thoughts arise, you are bound to receive the retribution in the future. For example, there was an old cultivator in the past who practiced by the seashore. He cultivated the Samadhi of Neither Thought nor Non-Thought, hoping to be reborn in the Heaven of Neither Thought nor Non-Thought. One day, as he was just on the verge of entering samadhi, a fish in the water disturbed him. In the Chan Hall, incessant talkers who are always interrupting others with questions and discussions create disturbances.
In this case, the old cultivator was disturbed by a fish. It flipped out of the water with a "plunk," and that little acrobatic feat prevented the cultivator from entering samadhi. Unable to enter samadhi, the cultivator got angry, and he thought, "What a nuisance that fish is! I want to enter samadhi, and he comes to trouble me. I don't have any spiritual penetrations yet, but when I get them, I'm going to come back as a kingfisher and eat his species up. That's what he'll get for obstructing my practice!" Of course, since he was so angry the fish didn't dare play around with him anymore. It was scared away. Left undisturbed, the cultivator accomplished his cultivation and was born in the Heaven of the Station of Neither Thought nor Non-Thought. However, after he enjoyed eighty thousand great eons of blessings in that heaven, guess what happened? The retribution came ripe from that one thought of anger he'd had by the seashore that day. He fell into to the mundane world and was reborn as a kingfisher. His entire existence consisted of eating fish from the sea. This continued until Shakyamuni Buddha came into the world and came to where he was to speak the Dharma for him. Only then was he able to relinquish the body of a kingfisher and become a human being. He once again left the home life and cultivated the Way, and this time he attained the fruition of Arhatship.
Whatever you do in cultivation of the Way, then, don't get angry. Whether people are good to you or not, you should maintain thoughts of loving kindness, compassion, and protection for them. Don't feel hatred toward anyone; don't be upset by them. It won't be a problem if you perfect your cultivation. But if you remain in the Triple Realm, you will have to undergo retribution for your hatred. There's a saying in Chinese,
You may move the waters of a thousand rivers,
But don't disturb the mind of a cultivator of the Way.
Even though there's a tremendous amount of water in a thousand rivers, it won't matter if you stir them up. However, you must not disturb the mind of a cultivator. To disturb a cultivator and cause him to get angry is a serious matter, and the cause and effect will ripen in the future.
To be continued
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