樂邦遺稿 1.121

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《觀經義疏》「問曰：經云『若以色見我，以音聲求我，是人行邪道，不能見如來。』今觀佛念佛，豈非色見聲求耶？答曰：三十二相猶皎月落於百川、四辨八音若清響發於幽谷。然有披潭捉月、入谷尋聲，不了性空故不見佛。達士不爾，了色非色，何妨端想於聖容；達聲非聲，豈礙側聞於妙法。故《華嚴》云『色相不是佛，音聲亦復然，亦不離色聲，見佛神通力。』覿茲妙語，寧復生疑障乎？」

The Commentary on the Contemplation Sūtra [states]: "Question: The sūtra says: 'If one sees me through form or seeks me through sound, this person walks a heterodox path and cannot see the Tathāgata.' Now, contemplating the Buddha and reciting the Buddha's name—is this not seeing through form and seeking through sound? Answer: The thirty-two marks are like the bright moon cast across a hundred rivers; the four unimpeded talents and eight voices are like clear echoes sounding from a deep valley. Yet there are those who plunge into a pool to grasp the moon or enter a valley to chase after echoes; not understanding the emptiness of nature, they do not see the Buddha. A person of penetration is not like this: understanding that form is not form, what harm is there in contemplating the sacred countenance directly? Understanding that sound is not sound, how does it hinder listening attentively to the wondrous Dharma? Thus the Avataṃsaka states: 'Form is not the Buddha, and sound is likewise; yet neither apart from form and sound can the Buddha's supernormal powers be seen.' Beholding these wondrous words, how could any doubt or hindrance arise again?"