萬善同歸集 2.23

2.23

問：「真源自性本自圓成，何藉修行廣興動作？經云：『見苦斷集，證滅修道，名為戲論。』若起妄修行，何當契本？」

Question: "The true source, the self-nature, is fundamentally complete by itself; why rely on cultivation to initiate actions extensively? A sūtra says: 'To see suffering, cut off accumulation, realize cessation, and cultivate the path is called papañca.' If one initiates delusion to cultivate practice, how could it ever tally with the source?"