禪林寶訓 2.22

2.22

靈源謂覺範曰。聞在南中時究楞嚴特加箋釋。非不肖所望。蓋文字之學不能洞當人之性源。徒與後學障先佛之智眼。病在依他作解塞自悟門。資口舌則可勝淺聞。廓神機終難極妙證。故於行解多致參差。而日用見聞尤增隱昧也（章江集）。

Lingyuan said to Juefan: 'I hear that during your time in the south, you investigated the *Śūraṅgama-sūtra* and produced special commentaries on it; this is not what I hoped of you. Literary learning cannot penetrate a person's original source of nature; it merely obstructs the wisdom-eye of former buddhas for later students. The ailment lies in relying on others to form interpretations, thereby blocking one's own gate of awakening. Providing fuel for the tongue may overcome shallow learning, but expanding the spiritual dynamic can never attain wondrous realization through this. Therefore, conduct and understanding often become divergent, and everyday sight and hearing become all the more obscured.' (*Zhangjiang ji*).