宗鏡錄 36.56

36.56

The answer is: The sage is devoid of marklessness as well. Why? If one takes marklessness as marklessness, marklessness becomes a mark. Abandoning existence to go to non-existence is like fleeing a mountain peak only to plunge into a ravine; both fail to escape affliction. Therefore, the consummate person abides in existence without treating it as existent, and dwells in non-existence without treating it as non-existent. Although not grasping existence and non-existence, neither does he abandon existence and non-existence. Therefore, he softens his light amid defilements, wanders throughout the five destinies, goes forth in stillness, comes in tranquility, and is serene in non-action, yet there is nothing he does not do.