十不二門指要鈔 2.17

2.17

答：「他雖執於舊本，而違現文。何者？文云，可由事不移心則令迷修成了。文意唯責執迷為了，何曾雙責迷了為了邪？豈非彰灼違文乎！故知迷了雙泯功由了修。何者？迷既背性，故立了修翻之，遂一期事殊也。了既順理，理無違順，故二心自泯也。是知用此期字者，既不違文兼得順理。若用此其字，相違稍多，不能廣破也。」

Answer: "Although they cling to an older edition, it contradicts the present text. Why is this? The text says: 'Could one, because phenomena do not displace the mind, make deluded cultivation become understanding?' The meaning of the text solely rebukes clinging to delusion as understanding; when did it ever jointly rebuke delusion and understanding as understanding? Is this not blatantly contradicting the text? Therefore we know that the dual elimination of delusion and understanding owes its efficacy to understanding-cultivation. Why is this? Since delusion turns its back on nature, understanding-cultivation is established to overturn it, whereby for a period phenomena are distinct. Since understanding accords with principle, and principle has neither opposition nor accord, both minds are naturally eliminated. Hence we know that using this character 'period' (qi 期) neither contradicts the text and accords with principle. If one uses the characters 'this' and 'its' (ci/qi), there are rather many contradictions, which cannot be refuted at length."