禪林寶訓 3.70

3.70

萬菴曰。叢林所至邪說熾然。乃云。戒律不必持。定慧不必習。道德不必修。嗜慾不必去。又引維摩圓覺為證。贊貪瞋癡殺盜婬為梵行。烏乎斯言。豈特起叢林今日之害。真法門萬世之害也。且博地凡夫。貪瞋愛慾人我無明。念念攀緣。如一鼎之沸。何由清冷。先聖必思大有於此者。遂設戒定慧三學以制之。庶可迴也。今後生晚進戒律不持定。慧不習道。德不修。專以博學強辯搖動流俗。牽之莫返。予固所謂斯言乃萬世之害也。惟正因行脚高士。當以生死一著辨明持誠存信不為此輩牽引。乃曰。此言不可信。猶鴆毒之糞蛇飲之水。聞見猶不可。況食之乎。其殺人無疑矣。識者自然遠之矣（與草堂書）。

Wan'an said: “Wherever one goes in the monastic groves, heretical teachings blaze fiercely. They even say: ‘The precepts need not be upheld; concentration and wisdom need not be practiced; the Way and virtue need not be cultivated; cravings and desires need not be eliminated.’ Furthermore, they cite the Vimalakīrti and the Perfect Awakening as proof, praising greed, anger, delusion, killing, stealing, and lust as pure practice (brahmacaryā). Alas, these words! How do they merely give rise to today's harm in the monastic grove? They are truly an eternal harm to the Dharma gate! Moreover, ordinary beings on the broad earth have greed, anger, attachment, desire, self-and-other, and ignorance; thought after thought grasping at conditions, they are like a boiling cauldron—how can they become cool and clear? The ancient sages must have realized the grave situation here, and thereupon established the three learnings of precepts, concentration, and wisdom to restrain them, so that they might turn around. Nowadays, newcomers do not uphold the precepts, do not practice concentration and wisdom, and do not cultivate the Way and virtue; they specialize in wide learning and strong debate to agitate the common herd, pulling them along without return. I certainly say that these words are an eternal harm. Only noble scholars who travel on foot with the correct cause should clarify the single matter of saṃsāra, maintain sincerity, and preserve faith, not being led astray by such people. They should say: ‘These words cannot be trusted; they are like the dung of the poisonous bird or water drunk by a snake. Even to hear or see them is unacceptable; how much less to consume them! Their killing of people is beyond doubt.’ Those who know will naturally keep them at a distance (Letter to Caotang).”