廬山蓮宗寶鑑 10.18

10.18

《金剛經》云「如來說一合相者，即非一合相，是名一合相。」良由世人一性昏迷，與塵境相合，即非一合相。智者明見自己真心，背塵合覺，一念覺心與十方諸佛真空法界相合，即是一合相理也。永嘉云「我性同共如來合」，但凡夫不悟此理，貪著事相妄自堅執，情心意識與山河大地牆壁瓦礫相合，昧却理性之真空，即非也。六祖云「心有所得即非一合相，心無所得即是一合相」是也。今有愚人，不識佛法，坐吾教中，妄說夫婦是一合相者，誤矣。蓋其情生智隔、想變體殊，業累殃深、背因昧果，曲解聖典、毀辱教門。淨業正宗豈容是說？真實修行之士，切宜堅秉正信專念彌陀，於一念中不取於相，內心外境了了一如，自然冥符真理是也。故佛果勤禪師示眾云：「汝等諸人但向十二時中，上不見有諸佛、下不見有眾生，外不見有山河大地、內不見有見聞覺知，好惡長短打成一片，一一拈出更無異見。」此則一合相理歷然明矣。可謂日可冷、月可熱，眾魔不能壞真說。實履道之通衢，乃悟宗之正訣。

The Vajracchedikā-sūtra says: "When the Tathāgata speaks of an integrated composite, it is not an integrated composite; it is called an integrated composite." This is truly because the nature of worldly people is muddled and confused; joining with the dust-realms, it is not an integrated composite. The wise clearly see their own true mind; turning their backs on dust and uniting with awakening, their single thought of an awakened mind joins with the true-emptiness dharmadhātu of all the Buddhas of the ten directions—this is the principle of an integrated composite. Yongjia said, "My nature joins together with the Tathāgata." Yet ordinary people do not awaken to this principle; greedily attached to phenomenal forms, they cling to them obstinately in delusion, their affective mind and consciousness joining with mountains, rivers, the great earth, walls, tiles, and rubble. Obscuring the true emptiness of the nature of principle, it is [in truth] not so. The Sixth Patriarch said: "If the mind has attainments, it is not an integrated composite; if the mind is without attainments, it is an integrated composite." This is it. Nowadays, there are foolish people who do not understand the Buddha's teaching and, sitting within our tradition, falsely claim that husband and wife are an integrated composite. This is an error! For their passions arise and cut off wisdom; their thoughts change and their bodily forms differ; their karmic burdens and miseries are profound; they turn their backs on causes and are blind to effects; they pervert the sacred scriptures and defile the gate of the teachings. How could the orthodox lineage of pure karma tolerate such talk? True practitioners of the path should by all means firmly uphold right faith, exclusively recite [the name of] Amitābha, and in a single thought take hold of no characteristics. When the internal mind and external objects are clearly one and the same, they will naturally accord in secret with the true principle. Therefore, Chan Master Foguo Qin instructed the assembly: "During all twelve hours of the day, do not see Buddhas above, do not see sentient beings below; outside, do not see mountains, rivers, and the great earth; inside, do not see seeing, hearing, perceiving, and knowing. Forge the good, bad, long, and short into a single piece; bring forth each and every one, and there will be no divergent views whatsoever." With this, the principle of an integrated composite becomes vividly clear. It may be said: the sun may grow cold and the moon may grow hot, yet the hordes of Māra cannot destroy the true exposition. This is truly the thoroughfare for walking the path, the correct instruction for awakening to the school.