萬善同歸集 3.124

3.124

答：「自他兼利，頓漸俱收。自利者，助道之圓門，修行之玄鏡；利他者，滯真之皎日，二見之良醫。頓行者，不違性起之門，能成法界之行；漸進者，免廢方便之教，終歸究竟之乘。若信之者，則稟佛言；若毀之者，則謗佛意。信毀交報，因果歷然。略述教海之一塵，普施法界之含識；願弘正道，用報佛恩。頌曰：

He answered: "It benefits both self and others, embracing both sudden and gradual. As for benefiting oneself: it is the perfect gate that aids the path, the profound mirror of cultivation; as for benefiting others: it is the bright sun to those clinging to the real, the good physician for the two extreme views. As for the sudden practitioner: not departing from the gate of nature-origination, one can accomplish the practices of the dharmadhātu; as for gradual progression: avoiding the abandonment of the teachings of expedient means, one ultimately returns to the definitive vehicle. If one believes this, one complies with the Buddha's words; if one slanders this, one disparages the Buddha's intent. Belief and slander meet their reciprocal recompenses; cause and effect are distinct. Having briefly set forth a single dust speck from the ocean of teachings, I universally bestow it upon the sentient beings of the dharmadhātu; wishing to propagate the correct path, so as to repay the Buddha's benevolence. The gāthā says: