法智遺編觀心二百問 1.4

1.4

問：夫名事法為理觀者，須託事附法入陰心，用觀顯理方名理觀。今文既不附事託陰而觀，於理何顯而名理觀耶？

Question: In terming phenomenal dharmas 'contemplation of principle', one must rely on phenomena and attach to dharmas to enter the mind of the skandhas, applying contemplation to reveal principle, before it is named contemplation of principle. Since the present text neither attaches to phenomena nor relies on the skandhas to contemplate, in what sense is principle revealed so as to be called contemplation of principle?