大慧普覺禪師語錄 19.9

19.9

此事許聰明靈利漢擔荷，若使聰明靈利則無擔荷分，聰明靈利者雖易入而難保任，蓋入處不甚深而力弱故也。聰明靈利者，纔聞善知識說著箇中事，便眼目定動，早將心意識領解了也。似此者自作障礙，永劫無有悟時。外鬼作殃猶可治，此乃家親作祟，不可禳禱也。永嘉云：「損法財，滅功德，莫不由茲心意識。」此之謂也。

This matter permits clever and sharp fellows to shoulder it, yet if one employs cleverness and sharpness, one will have no share in shouldering it. Although the clever and sharp find it easy to enter, it is difficult for them to maintain and protect, because their place of entry is not very deep and their strength is weak. As soon as the clever and sharp hear a good spiritual friend speak of this matter, their eyes dart about, and they have already apprehended and interpreted it with their mental consciousness. Those like this create their own obstacles; for eternal kalpas they will never have a moment of awakening. Calamity caused by external ghosts can still be cured, but this is a domestic relative causing trouble—it cannot be warded off with prayers. Yongjia said: "Damaging the wealth of Dharma and extinguishing merit is all due to this mental consciousness." This is what it means.