法智遺編觀心二百問 1.181

1.181

問：仁又報云「未習止觀，即聞事法乃知須依止觀修之」，此則固違《妙玄》即聞即修之說，既須待《止觀》揀境示妙教文，豈非又違《釋籤》不待觀境之語耶？

Question: You also replied, 'Without having practiced śamatha-vipaśyanā, upon hearing phenomenal dharmas one then knows one must rely on śamatha-vipaśyanā to cultivate it.' This then obstinately contradicts the Miaoxuan's statement of 'practicing as soon as one hears'; since one must wait for the Zhiguan's doctrinal text selecting the object and revealing the wondrous, does this not also contradict the Shiqian's words 'not waiting for the object of contemplation'?