四明尊者教行錄 2.65

2.65

Question 18: The Commentary says that delusion and nature being mutually relative is called eradicating theoretical poison: is this nature facing delusion the realm of cultivated virtue, or the realm of inherent virtue? If you say it is the realm of cultivation, then in terms of what arises, it is investigated against what principle naturally possesses to accomplish the sense of eradication and subduing, which is also clearly clarified merely in terms of practice belonging to cultivation. If you say it is the realm of nature, the dharmatā is naturally so and not made by action. If this nature facing delusion is called eradicating theoretical poison, since the facing nature is said to completely lack the sense of eradication, should one take the principle of mere center as the facing nature? Or should one take pure suchness as the facing nature?