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

"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."