宗鏡錄 97.41

97.41

答。由見己故。不得道。己者我也。至人逢苦不憂。遇樂不喜。由不見己故。所以不知苦樂者。由亡己故。得至虛無。己自尚亡。更有何物而不亡也。

Answer: It is because of seeing a self that they do not attain the Way. The self is the 'I'. The consummate person, encountering suffering, does not grieve; encountering pleasure, does not rejoice. This is because of not seeing a self. The reason they do not perceive suffering and pleasure is that they have forgotten the self, thereby arriving at vacuity. When the self itself is already obliterated, what else is there that is not obliterated?