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若就觀心明食者，《大經》云：「汝等比丘雖行乞食，而未曾得大乘法食。」「法食」者，如來法喜禪悅也。此之法喜，即是平等大慧，觀一切法無有障礙。《淨名》云：「於食等者，於法亦等；於法等者，於食亦等。」「煩惱為薪，智慧為火，以是因緣成涅槃食，令諸弟子悉皆甘嗜。」此食資法身，增智慧命；如食乳糜，更無所須，即真解脫。真解脫者，即是如來。用此法喜禪悅，歷一切法無不一味，一色一香無非中道，中道之法具一切法，即是飽義、無所須義。如彼深山上士，一草一果，資身即足。

If food is explained in terms of the contemplative mind, the Great Sutra says: 'Although you monks practice begging for food, you have never yet attained the Dharma food of the Mahāyāna.' 'Dharma food' is the Tathāgata's joy of Dharma and bliss of dhyāna. This joy of Dharma is the great wisdom of equality, which contemplates all phenomena without obstruction. The Vimalakīrti says: 'One who is equal with respect to food is also equal with respect to dharmas; one who is equal with respect to dharmas is also equal with respect to food.' 'Affliction is the fuel, and wisdom is the fire; by these causes and conditions the food of nirvāṇa is prepared, causing all disciples to find it delicious.' This food sustains the dharmakāya and increases the life of wisdom; like eating milk-porridge, one needs nothing else, which is true liberation. True liberation is the Tathāgata. Applying this joy of Dharma and bliss of dhyāna across all phenomena, none is not of a single flavor; not a single color or scent is not the middle way. The dharma of the middle way is endowed with all dharmas, which is the meaning of being filled and the meaning of needing nothing else. It is just like that superior person deep in the mountains, who sustains the body and finds sufficiency in a single grass or a single fruit.