摩訶止觀 8.152

8.152

六度習、報既有六種，一切善法亦如是。若細尋此法，逾久逾明，不煩多說，亦不得多說。面受口決，隨意廣論。諸方等師相傳云：「負三寶物，其相現時，決應須償。」南岳師云：「若自有物，償者善；若自無物，欲廢行法，四方馳求。」此有二義。眾生昔罪何量！負貸三寶非止一條，如羅漢先直取道，未遑償業，故名「觝責」。行者若廢道場而行乞匃，紛動數年，豈非魔事？今且未償，但決志修行諸佛實法，展我「成」、「立」。成者，待破煩惱入無生忍，於法身地廣供養一切三寶，還入生死以償眾生；菩薩爾時不名「觝責」。立者，待功夫著滿、名行竪立、果報自至時，當償三寶，非是觝負不作償心；小乞申延，期於展立耳。此豈非好事？

Since the habituation and retribution of the six perfections have six types, all wholesome dharmas are likewise. If one investigates this teaching in detail, the longer one looks, the clearer it becomes; there is no need to say much, nor can much be said. Having received oral instructions face to face, discuss it at length as you will. The masters of the Fangdeng (Vaipulya) traditions hand down the saying: 'When signs of being indebted to the Three Jewels manifest, one definitely must repay them.' Master Nanyue said: 'If one possesses goods of one's own, repaying them is good; if one possesses no goods of one's own, should one abandon the practice of the method and run around in all four directions seeking them?' There are two meanings here. How boundless are the past sins of sentient beings! Debts owed to the Three Jewels are not merely of one kind. Just as an arhat first goes straight to attain the Way before finding leisure to repay karmic debts, this is called 'repudiating debts.' If a practitioner abandons the bodhimaṇḍa to go begging, agitated for several years, how could that not be the work of Māra? For now, without repaying them yet, simply make a resolute vow to practice the true Dharma of all Buddhas and unfold my 'perfection' and 'establishment.' 'Perfection' means waiting until afflictions are broken and one enters the forbearance of the non-arising of dharmas, whereupon on the plane of the dharmakāya one makes vast offerings to all the Three Jewels and returns into saṃsāra to repay sentient beings; at that time, the bodhisattva is not called one who 'repudiates debts.' 'Establishment' means waiting until one's effort is complete and fulfilled, one's reputation and practice are established, and retributions arrive spontaneously, at which time one will repay the Three Jewels; this is not refusing to repay without any intention to repay, but merely begging for a slight extension in expectation of unfolding and establishing. How could this not be a good thing?