法界圖記叢髓錄 2.17

2.17

法記云：婬怒癡性即是菩提者，古人云：只知用水令淨於物，不知令淨濁水也。此意云何？謂如欲淨於水，若取於石，水不得淨；不動土石，水方自淨。淨自心者亦復如是，若欲斷除三毒煩惱，則心不得淨；三毒不動，心自清淨。是故凡詣勝熱婆羅門善知識所受癡法門，即得安住照明。遇滿足王知識受嗔法門，即得安樂三昧。遇婆須密知識受貪法門，即得離欲實際也。

Fa's Record says: Regarding "the nature of lust, anger, and ignorance is precisely bodhi": the ancients said, "One only knows how to use water to clean things, but does not know how to clean turbid water." What does this mean? It means, for instance, if one wishes to clean water, if one takes stones [out of it], the water cannot become clear; only if the earth and stones are not stirred up will the water clear of itself. Purifying one's own mind is also like this: if one wishes to cut off the afflictions of the three poisons, the mind cannot become pure; if the three poisons are not stirred up, the mind becomes pure of itself. For this reason, whenever [Sudhana] visited the good friend, the brāhmaṇa Jayoṣmīyatana, and received the Dharma approach of ignorance, he immediately attained peaceful abiding and illumination. When he met King Anala and received the Dharma approach of anger, he immediately attained the samādhi of peaceful joy. When he met the good friend Vasumitrā and received the Dharma approach of greed, he immediately attained the reality-limit of freedom from desire.