萬善同歸集 3.113

3.113

答：「第一、理事無閡者，理則無為，事則有為。終日為，而未嘗有為；終日不為，而未嘗無為。為與無為，非一非異，同法性源，等虛空界。若云是一，《仁王經》說：『諸菩薩有為功德、無為功德，皆悉成就。』若但是一，不應說有二種功德。若云是異，《般若經》云：『不得離有為說無為，不得離無為說有為。』是以理事相即，非斷非常，起滅同時，無閡雙現。

He answered: "First: regarding 'Non-obstruction between principle and phenomena,' principle is the unconditioned, while phenomena are the conditioned. Throughout the day acting, yet never conditioned; throughout the day not acting, yet never unconditioned. Acting and the unconditioned are neither one nor different; they share the source of the Dharma-nature and are equal to the realm of empty space. If one says they are one, the Renwang jing says: 'Bodhisattvas accomplish both conditioned merits and unconditioned merits.' If they were merely one, it should not speak of two kinds of merit. If one says they are different, the Prajñāpāramitā Sūtra says: 'One cannot speak of the unconditioned apart from the conditioned, nor can one speak of the conditioned apart from the unconditioned.' Therefore, principle and phenomena are mutually identical, neither annihilated nor eternal, arising and ceasing simultaneously, manifested doubly without obstruction.