萬善同歸集 2.7

2.7

Question: "Giving while abiding in signs bears the fruit of impermanence; it increases the conditioned mind and turns away from the unconditioned path. How can it compare to the contemplation of principle, whose merit equals space? Hence a sūtra states: 'The Buddha said: "It is not self, yet it conforms to principle."' Why stubbornly cling to phenomena and external dusts instead of contemplating the mind and penetrating the path?"