宗鏡錄 99.32

99.32

十二門論序云。論之者。欲以窮其心原。盡其至理也。若一理之不盡。則眾異紛然。有惑趣之乖。一原之不窮。則眾途扶疎。有殊致之迹。殊致之不夷。乖趣之不泯。大士之憂也。

The preface to the Shi'ermen lun says: “Those who compose treatises wish thereby to exhaust the source of the mind and penetrate its ultimate principle. If a single principle is not exhausted, then numerous differences will arise in confusion, leading to the divergence of deluded paths. If the single source is not plumbed, then multiple pathways will branch out, leaving traces of divergent directions. That divergent directions are not leveled and diverging paths are not eradicated is the sorrow of great beings.”