former is to contemplate the ignorant mind of one

thought by

　

．

页340

means of the triple contemplation: emptiness,

provisionality and the middle. The latter is to

use the pure mind as the mind to contemplate, i.e. to

contemplate the three dimensions of emptiness,

provisionality and the middle of the object. In the

former contemplation, the practitioner has to

contemplate emptiness first, provisionality next,

and the middle last. This is the contemplation

method of "pieh chiao". If one contemplates the

three dimensions of emptiness, provisionality and the

middle simultaneously, one has to contemplate the

interpenetration and correlation of emptiness,

provisionality and the middle. This is the

contemplation method of sudden spontaneity.This is

also the contemplation method of "yuan chiao". Chih-i

promoted the latter one.

　

　(The present paper was presented at the

"Academic Conference on the History and Teachings of

the T'ien-t'ai School" on December 16, 1995)

　

　Key words: 1. mind of one thought of ignorance

2. ignorance is itself dharmata

3. three thousand worlds in one thought

4. inconceivable state

5. triple contemplation in one mind