四明尊者教行錄 4.129

4.129

答：子疑齊說齊聞俱宣俱聽者，當知剎剎塵塵俱說俱聽，說聽同時，了無異趣。妙哉此境，不可以言想求，不可以凡情測，是大總相法門寂而常照、法身冥資之境也。故荊溪曰：願解脫之日，依報正報常宣妙經，一剎一塵無非利物。又問諸聖如何用聞者，既云法身冥資，一切俱說，豈不能一切俱聽？如是則言不干舌，千聖俱聞。照故恒說，遮故俱聽。眾生纔聞即同諸佛，前佛後佛其一揆焉。若更別立程途，則非西聖一路涅槃門矣。

Answer: You doubt the simultaneous speaking and simultaneous hearing, concurrent expounding and concurrent listening. You should know that in every land and in every dust mote there is simultaneous speaking and simultaneous hearing; speaking and hearing occur at the same moment, with absolutely no different destinations. How wonderful is this realm! It cannot be sought through words and thoughts, nor can it be measured by ordinary human sentiments. It is the realm of the great general-characteristic Dharma-gate, still yet ever illuminating, and the hidden assistance of the dharmakāya. Therefore Jingxi said: 'I vow that on the day of liberation, the dependent and primary rewards will ever expound the wonderful sūtras, and not a single land or single dust mote will fail to benefit beings.' You also ask how the various sages can exercise hearing. Since it is said that the dharmakāya provides hidden assistance and all things concurrently speak, can they not all concurrently hear? In this way, words do not involve the tongue, yet a thousand sages hear them simultaneously. Because it illuminates, it ever speaks; because it obscures, they concurrently hear. The moment sentient beings hear it, they are identical to the buddhas; the former buddhas and later buddhas share this single standard. If one were further to establish a separate path, it would not be the Western Sage's single road of the nirvāṇa gate.