禪林寶訓 1.12

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圓通訥曰。昔百丈大智禪師。建叢林立規矩。欲救像季不正之弊。曾不知。像季學者盜規矩以破百丈之叢林。上古之世。雖巢居穴處。人人自律。大智之後。雖高堂廣廈。人人自廢。故曰。安危德也。興亡數也。苟德可將。何必叢林。苟數可憑。曷用規矩（野錄）。

Yuantong Ne said: “In the past, Chan Master Baizhang Dazhi established the monastic grove and instituted monastic regulations, wishing to remedy the corrupt abuses of the semblance age. He could never have known that students of the semblance age would steal the monastic regulations to destroy Baizhang’s monastic grove! In high antiquity, although people nested in trees and dwelled in caves, every person disciplined himself. After Dazhi, although there are high halls and vast mansions, every person abandons himself. Therefore it is said: ‘Safety and peril depend on virtue; rise and fall depend on destiny.’ If virtue can guide, what need is there for a monastic grove? If destiny can be relied upon, of what use are monastic regulations?” (*Unofficial Records*)