龍舒增廣淨土文 10.4

10.4

喜怒好惡嗜慾皆情也，養情為惡、縱情為賊，折情為善、滅情為聖。甘其飲食、美其衣服、大其居處，若此之類是謂養情。飲食若流、衣服盡飾、居處無厭，若此之類是謂縱情。犯之不校、觸之不怒、傷之不怨，是謂折情。犯之觸之傷之如空，反生憐憫愚癡之心，是謂滅情。悟此理則心地常淨，如在淨土矣。

Joy, anger, fondness, aversion, cravings, and desires are all emotions. Nourishing emotion leads to evil; indulging emotion leads to devastation; curbing emotion leads to goodness; extinguishing emotion leads to sagehood. Finding one's food delicious, one's clothing beautiful, and one's dwelling spacious—such things are called nourishing emotion. Eating and drinking without limit, adorning clothing to the utmost, and dwelling without satisfaction—such things are called indulging emotion. Being offended without taking offense, being provoked without being angered, and being harmed without harboring resentment—this is called curbing emotion. Seeing offense, provocation, and harm as empty, and instead giving rise to a mind of pity for [the offender's] ignorance—this is called extinguishing emotion. If one awakens to this principle, the mind-ground will be constantly pure, as if in the Pure Land.