大慧普覺禪師語錄 19.51

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19.51

When scholar-officials nowadays study the Way, most advance halfway and retreat halfway. When things do not go as they wish in worldly affairs, they urgently want to practice Chan; but when worldly affairs suddenly accord with their wishes, they immediately cease practicing, because they lack decisive faith. Chan is another name for prajñā; the Sanskrit word prajñā translates here as wisdom. If you lack decisive faith and also lack wisdom, wishing to transcend birth and death is impossible.

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