少室六門 1.115

1.115

又問。因何不得。答曰。有少法可得。是有為法。是因果。是受報。是輪迴法。不免生死。何時得成佛道。成佛須是見性。若不見性。因果等語是外道法。若是佛。不習外道法。佛是無業人無因果。但有少法可得。盡是謗佛。憑何得成。但有住著一心一能一解一見。佛都不許。佛無持犯。心性本空。亦非垢淨。諸法無修無證。無因無果。佛不持戒。佛不修善。佛不造惡。佛不精進。佛不懈怠。佛是無作人。但有住著心見佛。即不許也。佛不是佛。莫作佛解。若不見此義。一切時中。一切處處。皆是不了本心。若不見性。一切時中。擬作無作想。是大罪人。是癡人。落無記空中。昏昏如醉人。不辨好惡。若擬修無作法。先須見性。然後息緣慮。若不見性。得成佛道。無有是處。有人撥無因果。熾然作惡業。妄言本空。作惡無過。如此之人。墮無間黑暗地獄。永無出期。若是智人。不應作如是見解。

Question again: "Why can one not?"
Answer: "If there is the slightest dharma to be attained, it is a conditioned dharma, it is cause and effect, it is undergoing retribution, it is the dharma of cyclic existence; one cannot escape birth and death. When could one attain the Buddha-way? To become a Buddha, one must see the nature. If one does not see the nature, talks of cause and effect and the like are the teachings of non-Buddhists. If one is a Buddha, one does not practice non-Buddhist teachings. A Buddha is a person without karma, without cause and effect. If there is even the slightest dharma to be attained, it is completely slandering the Buddha; on what basis could one accomplish it? If there is any attachment to a single mind, a single capability, a single understanding, or a single view, the Buddha does not permit any of it. A Buddha has neither upholding nor breaking; the mind-nature is originally empty, and neither defiled nor pure. All dharmas are without cultivation and without realization, without cause and without effect. A Buddha does not uphold precepts, does not cultivate good, does not commit evil, is not vigorous, and is not indolent. A Buddha is a person of non-contrivance. Having an attached mind and seeing a Buddha is not permitted. A Buddha is not a Buddha; do not conceptualize a Buddha. If one does not see this principle, at all times and in all places, one does not comprehend the original mind. If one does not see the nature, yet at all times plans to form notions of non-contrivance, one is a great sinner, a foolish person who falls into non-defined emptiness, dazed like a drunken person, unable to distinguish good from bad. If one intends to cultivate the dharma of non-contrivance, one must first see the nature, and only then extinguish conditioned thoughts. If one can attain the Buddha-way without seeing the nature, there is no such thing. There are people who reject cause and effect, brazenly committing evil karma, falsely claiming that it is originally empty and that doing evil is without fault. Such people fall into the continuous, dark hells with no time of release. A person of wisdom should not hold such views."