維摩經略疏垂裕記 4.70

4.70

二、觀心釋。荊溪云：夫觀心者，先須事施以為觀境，次方觀事為施法界，次運大悲成淨土行。隨其方所有受化者先為施主，方乃為其取土。豈同世人自謂高深，但令他施，為施所墮。故知斯等現闕攝生之始，當無淨土之終。必願學宗說者行者，細思易解之教，以裨難行之行。文為二：初、正示觀法，二：初、觀心攝物，二：初、總示。「不見慳施」者，荊溪云：即行施時不獨治慳，見慳法界而行於施，施亦法界而用攝生，攝生之時生亦法界。如是亡泯，能治所治、能度所度無非法界，如是方名不見慳施。常塗但云亡三行施。亡何等三？凡修觀者但云無施而無無慳，縱無無慳非施法界，況復更能利物為懷。

Second, explanation through contemplating the mind. Jingxi says: "Now in contemplating the mind, one must first take phenomenal giving as the object of contemplation; next, one contemplates phenomena as the dharmadhātu of giving; next, one exercises great compassion to accomplish pure land practice. Wherever there are those to be transformed, one first acts as a donor toward them, and only then adopts a land for them. How could this be like worldly people who consider themselves exalted and profound, merely causing others to give and themselves falling through [pride in] giving? Hence we know that such people presently lack the beginning of gathering beings and will in the future lack the culmination of a pure land. May those who study doctrine and practice reflect deeply on these easily understood teachings to assist their difficult-to-perform practices." The text has two parts: first, directly showing the method of contemplation, in two: first, contemplating the mind to gather beings, in two: first, general presentation. Regarding "not seeing stinginess or giving," Jingxi says: "Namely, when practicing giving, one does not merely remedy stinginess; seeing stinginess as the dharmadhātu, one practices giving; giving is also the dharmadhātu, which one uses to gather beings; when gathering beings, beings are also the dharmadhātu. With all such distinctions obliterated, the remedy and what is remedied, the deliverer and what is delivered, are all nothing other than the dharmadhātu. Only in this way is it called 'not seeing stinginess or giving.' Common views merely speak of practicing giving while obliterating the three [wheels]. Obliterating which three? Whenever ordinary practitioners cultivate contemplation, they merely speak of having no giving and no non-stinginess; even if there is no non-stinginess, it is not the dharmadhātu of giving, much less being able to embrace the benefiting of beings as one's mindset."