法智遺編觀心二百問 1.89

1.89

問：仁執了陰是理，所以觀之，不知此是妙解。若欲立行，須且立陰，觀陰顯理，豈云觀理顯理，鑽火出火耶？

Question: You, benevolence, insist that understanding the skandhas to be principle is the reason one contemplates them, unaware that this is wonderful understanding. If one wishes to establish practice, one must first establish the skandhas, and contemplating the skandhas reveals principle; how could one speak of contemplating principle to reveal principle, or drilling fire to produce fire?