釋禪波羅蜜次第法門 5.32

5.32

從此以來，西國法師相傳不絕，多以此法為學道之初。若四依大士、六通菩薩說法度人，此為首唱，豈非入道初門？末代相承，說法教授自不修禪，既無內道，出言即便破人修定，若觀提婆之說，乃以禪定為要。世人顛倒，實可哀哉！

From that time onwards, the Dharma masters of the Western lands transmitted this without interruption, mostly taking this method as the beginning of learning the path. If the great beings of the four reliances and the bodhisattvas of the six supernormal knowledges preached the Dharma to liberate people, this was their primary initiative; how could it not be the initial gate for entering the path? When transmitted to later generations, those who teach and preach the Dharma do not cultivate dhyāna themselves. Having no inner path of their own, as soon as they speak, they ruin other people's cultivation of samādhi. If one looks at Āryadeva's teaching, he regarded dhyāna-concentration as essential. The people of the world are inverted—truly lamentable!