少室六門 1.119

1.119

問曰。白衣有妻子。婬慾不除。憑何得成佛。答曰。只言見性。不言婬慾。只為不見性。但得見性。婬慾本來空。寂不假斷除。亦不樂著。何以故。性本清淨故。雖處在五蘊色身中。其性本來清淨。染污不得。法身本來無受。無飢無渴。無寒無熱無病。無因愛。無眷屬。無苦樂。無好惡。無短長。無強弱。本來無有一物可得。只緣執有此色身因。即有飢渴寒熱瘴病等相。若不執即一任作為。於生死中得大自在。轉一切法。與聖人神通自在無礙。無處不安。若心有疑。決定透一切境界不過。不作最好作了。不免輪迴生死。若見性。旃陀羅亦得成佛。

Question: A layperson has a wife and children, and sexual desire is not eliminated; on what basis can they become a buddha?

Answer: One only speaks of seeing the nature, not of sexual desire. It is only because of not seeing the nature [that one is bound]. As long as one attains seeing the nature, sexual desire is originally empty and tranquil; it does not depend on cutting it off, nor does one delight in and cling to it. Why? Because the nature is originally pure. Although abiding in the physical body of the five aggregates, its nature is originally pure and cannot be defiled. The dharmakāya originally has no sensation: no hunger, no thirst, no cold, no heat, no illness, no conditioned affection, no relatives, no suffering or joy, no good or evil, no short or long, no strength or weakness. Originally, not a single thing can be obtained; it is only because of clinging to the causes of this physical body that there are appearances such as hunger, thirst, cold, heat, and epidemic illnesses. If you do not cling, you are free to act as you will, attaining great freedom within birth and death, turning all phenomena, matching the sage's supernatural powers, free and unhindered, nowhere not at ease. If the mind has doubt, it definitely cannot pass through any realm. Doing nothing is best; once you act, you cannot escape wandering in birth and death. If one sees the nature, even a caṇḍāla can become a buddha.