萬善同歸集 1.51

1.51

問：「行道禮拜，未具真修，祖立客舂之愆，佛有磨牛之誚。故《智論》云：『須菩提於石室悟了法空，得先禮佛。』《四十二章經》云：『心道若行，何用行道。』豁然詮旨，何故非違？」

Question: "Circumambulating and prostrating do not yet possess true practice; the Patriarch established the fault of 'pounding rice like a guest', and the Buddha had the reproach of 'the ox turning the millstone'. Thus the Dazhidu Lun says: 'Subhūti in the stone chamber realized and awakened to the emptiness of dharmas, and attained prostrating to the Buddha first.' The Sūtra of Forty-Two Chapters says: 'If the mind-path is practiced, what is the use of circumambulating?' When the intended purport is so open and evident, why go against it?"