[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) › [西方合論](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1976) › 1.9 # 西方合論 1.9 西方合論 1.9 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [1.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1976.1.9) 香光子避囂山剎，修習淨業。有一禪人，濶視高步，過舍而譚。見案上有石頭居士新撰《淨土合論》，閱未終篇，抗聲言曰：「若論此之法門，原用接引中下之根。何者？中下根人智慧輕微、業力深量，以憶佛念佛，獲生淨土，如頑石附舟，可以到岸，誠宜念佛。至於吾輩，洞了本源，此心即是佛，更于何處覓佛？此心即是土，更于何處見土？于實際理中，覓生佛、去來、生死三世之相，無一毛頭可得，纔說成佛，已是剩語，何得更有分淨分穢、捨此生彼之事？若於此處悟得，是自在閒人，即淫怒痴皆是阿彌平等道場，如如不動。何乃舍却已佛，拜彼金銅？且謂悟與未悟，皆宜修習，無事生事，吾所不曉。」 > Xiangguangzi retired from clamour to a mountain monastery to cultivate pure karma. A Chan practitioner, gazing proudly and striding high, passed by the dwelling and engaged in conversation. Seeing on the desk the newly composed Comprehensive Treatise on the Pure Land by Upāsaka Shitou, he had not finished reading through the work when he raised his voice and said: 'If we discuss this teaching gate, it was originally used to guide those of middling and lower capacities. Why? People of middling and lower capacities have slight wisdom and heavy karma; by recollecting the Buddha and practicing buddhānusmṛti, they obtain rebirth in the Pure Land, like an unhewn boulder boarding a boat can reach the shore—they truly ought to practice buddhānusmṛti. As for those like us, we clearly understand the original source: this mind is itself the Buddha, so where else should one seek the Buddha? This mind is itself the land, so where else should one see the land? Within the reality-principle, seeking the marks of sentient beings and buddhas, going and coming, saṃsāra and the three times, not a hair-tip can be found. Merely speaking of becoming a buddha is already redundant talk; how could there further be matters of distinguishing pure from defiled, or abandoning this to be born there? If one awakens at this point, one is an untrammeled person at ease: lust, anger, and ignorance are all Amitābha's impartial bodhimaṇḍa, immutably unmoving like tathatā. Why abandon one's own Buddha to bow to that gold and bronze? Moreover, to claim that both the awakened and unawakened should cultivate it is to stir up trouble where there is none; this is what I do not understand.' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 1.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1976.1.8) - [Next: 1.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1976.1.10) - [Up: 1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1976.1) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1976~en-mt.1.9) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1976.1.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1976.1.9) · Pramāṇa