龍舒增廣淨土文 10.22

10.22

我之所在不可以無我，無我則逐物矣。理之所在不可以有我，有我則蔽理矣。孔子無我、菩薩無我相，能至於此，則與虛空等矣，豈復有淨濁之辨乎？但恐不易到耳。

Where the 'I' resides, one cannot be without a self; if there is no self, one pursues external objects. Where principle resides, one cannot have a self; if there is a self, it obscures principle. Confucius was without a self, and the bodhisattva is without the mark of a self. If one can reach this point, one is equal to empty space; how could there still be any distinction between pure and defiled? It is only to be feared that this is not easy to attain.