金剛經纂要刊定記 4.92

4.92

答：「欲求菩提必須行施。初行施時難頓相應，要須用心方便隨順，任運起念作意遠之，用心多時自然任運得與理合，從微至著漸次相應爾。如《起信》說：『真如離言說名字，心緣不及。』遂致問云：『若如是義者，諸眾生等云何隨順，而能得入？』故答云：『若知一切法雖念，亦無能念可念，是名隨順。若離於念，名為得入云云。』」

Answer: "If one wishes to seek bodhi, one must practice giving. When first practicing giving, it is difficult to accord suddenly; one must use the mind with skillful means to conform with it: when thoughts arise spontaneously, make a conscious effort to distance oneself from them. After applying the mind for a long time, one will naturally and spontaneously attain accord with the principle, progressing gradually from subtle to manifest in correspondence. As the Awakening of Faith says: 'Tathatā is free from words, speech, and names, beyond the reach of the conditioning mind.' Thereupon a question was raised: 'If such is the meaning, how should sentient beings conform with it so as to be able to enter?' Therefore the answer states: 'If one knows that although all dharmas are thought, there is neither a thinker nor that which can be thought, this is called conforming. If one is free from thought, this is called attaining entrance, and so forth.'"