肇論新疏 1.82

1.82

'True words' refers to the definitive verbal teachings of the real doctrine. 'Doctrinal path' refers to the principle of immutability of the ekayāna doctrinal path. The meaning is: motion and rest are non-dual as expounded in the definitive meaning, yet persons of the triyāna see two distinct things within the non-dual Dharma; clutching to the provisional and shallow, they do not believe in the non-dual path; their minds fond of peculiarities utter words in contentious debate, and thereby cause the definitive meaning to be obstructed and not practice, and the doctrinal path to be bent and not extended. This is precisely as Great Master Guifeng said: 'The definitive teachings were hidden in the dragon's treasury; this is stated as the reason for composing the treatise.' Now, the composition of all four treatises arose from refuting differences. Why? The *Buzhenkong lun* explicitly criticizes the three schools. The *Bore lun* says: 'Yet divergent treatises have been rampant for a long time.' The *Niepan lun* says: 'Now this act of expounding the treatise quiets them and opens broadly, refuting discussions that depart from the core.' Therefore we know they were all composed due to divergent views.