大慧普覺禪師語錄 19.39

19.39

學道人，日用空境易而空心難，境空而心不空，心為境所勝，但空心而境自空矣，若心已空，而更起第二念欲空其境，則是此心未得空，復為境所奪。此病不除，生死無由出離。不見龐公呈馬祖偈云：「十方同聚會，箇箇學無為，此是選佛場，心空及第歸。」此心既空矣，心外復有何物而可空耶？思之。

For practitioners of the Way, in daily life emptying objects is easy, but emptying the mind is difficult. When objects are empty but the mind is not empty, the mind is overcome by objects. Simply empty the mind and objects will naturally become empty. If the mind is already empty, yet one further gives rise to a second thought wishing to empty its objects, then this mind has not yet become empty, and is again snatched away by objects. If this disease is not eliminated, there will be no way to escape birth and death. Have you not seen Layman Pang's verse presented to Mazu: 'Together from the ten directions we gather, / each studying non-action. / This is the arena for selecting buddhas; / with empty mind, we pass the examination and return home.' Since this mind is already empty, what thing outside the mind is there that can be emptied? Reflect on this.