[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Buddhist Literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha) › [Taishō Tripiṭaka (Chinese Buddhist canon)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho) › [廬山蓮宗寶鑑](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1973) › 3.18 # 廬山蓮宗寶鑑 3.18 廬山蓮宗寶鑑 3.18 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [3.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1973.3.18) 慈覺𦣱禪師云：「念佛不礙參禪、參禪不礙念佛，法雖二門、理同一致。上智之人凡所運為不著二諦，下智之人各立一邊，故不和合多起紛爭。故參禪人破念佛、念佛人破參禪，皆因執實謗權、執權謗實，二皆道果未成地獄先辦。須知根器深淺各得所宜，譬如營田人豈能開庫？開庫人安可營田？若教營田人開庫，如跛足者登山；若教開庫人營田，似壓良人為賤，終無所合也。不若營田者且自營田，開庫者且自開庫，各隨所好皆得如心。是故念佛參禪各求宗旨，溪山雖異雲月是同。」可謂處處綠楊堪繫馬，家家門首透長安。 > Chan Master Cijue Ze said: 'Buddhānusmṛti does not hinder investigating Chan; investigating Chan does not hinder buddhānusmṛti. Although the Dharma has two gates, in principle they are identical. People of superior wisdom do not cling to the two truths in whatever they undertake; people of inferior wisdom each take one side, and therefore, lacking harmony, they stir up many disputes. Thus, Chan investigators refute buddhānusmṛti, and buddhānusmṛti practitioners refute Chan investigation. Both cases stem from grasping the real and slandering the expedient, or grasping the expedient and slandering the real; both prepare \[their way to\] hell before attaining the fruits of the Way. One must know that capacities are deep or shallow, and each finds what is fitting. For example, how could a field farmer open a treasury? How could a treasury-opener farm the fields? If you make a field farmer open a treasury, it is like a lame person climbing a mountain; if you make a treasury-opener farm the fields, it is like pressing a freeborn person into servitude—in the end there is no accord. It is better that the farmer for now farms his own fields, and the treasury-opener for now opens his own treasury; each following their inclination, all attain their heart's content. Therefore, buddhānusmṛti and Chan investigation each seek their own essential principle; though streams and mountains differ, the clouds and moon are the same.' It can truly be said: everywhere green willows can tether a horse, and before every home a gate leads to Chang'an. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 3.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1973.3.17) - [Next: 3.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1973.3.19) - [Up: 3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1973.3) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1973~en-mt.3.18) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1973.3.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1973.3.18) · Pramāṇa