南宗頓教最上大乘摩訶般若波羅蜜經六祖惠能大師於韶州大梵寺施法壇經 1.40

1.40

「愚人修福不修道，謂言修福而是道。
布施供養福無邊，心中三業原來在。
若將修福欲滅罪，後世得福罪原在。
若解向心除罪緣，各自性中真懺悔。
若悟大乘真懺悔，除邪行正即無罪。
學道之人能自觀，即與悟人同一例。
惠能今傳此頓教，願學之人同一體。
若欲當來覓法身，三毒惡緣心裏洗。
努力修道莫悠悠，忽然虛度一世休。
若遇大乘頓教法，虔誠合掌至心求。」

"The foolish cultivate merit but do not cultivate the Way, / Saying that cultivating merit is indeed the Way.
Giving and offerings bring boundless merit, / Yet the three karmas remain in the mind as before.
If one seeks to eradicate sins through cultivating merit, / In future lives one will gain merit, but the sins still remain.
If one understands how to turn inward and remove the conditions for sin, / That is true repentance within one's own-nature.
If one awakens to the true repentance of the Mahāyāna, / Removing wrong and practicing right, one will be without sin.
If one who studies the Way can observe oneself, / One is of the same kind as an awakened person.
Huineng now transmits this sudden teaching, / Wishing that those who study it will become of one body.
If you wish to seek the dharmakāya in the future, / Wash away the evil conditions of the three poisons within your mind.
Strive to cultivate the Way; do not drift along, / Lest your single life suddenly pass in vain and end.
If you encounter the Dharma of the sudden teaching of the Mahāyāna, / Reverently join your palms and seek it with the utmost mind."