修華嚴奧旨妄盡還源觀 1.26

1.26

Answer: 'For example, like a great maṇi jewel whose essential nature is bright and pure, but having long been soiled by dust, it has coarse and foul defilements; if someone only contemplates the jewel-nature without polishing and treating it in various ways, it will never attain purity. The dharma of tathatā is by essential nature empty and pure, but has long been defiled by the taints of ignorance and afflictions; if someone only contemplates tathatā without various perfumings and cultivations through holding precepts, samādhi, and wisdom, there will never be a time of purity. Based on this meaning, in principle one must uphold the precepts.'