禪林寶訓 4.49

4.49

或菴曰。道德乃叢林之本。衲子乃道德之本。住持人棄厭衲子。是忘道德也。道德既忘。將何以修教化整叢林誘來學。古人體本以正末。憂道德之不行。不憂叢林之失所。故曰。叢林保於衲子。衲子保於道德。住持無道德則叢林廢矣（見簡堂書）。

Huo'an said, "The Way and virtue are the root of the monastic grove; patch-robed monks are the root of the Way and virtue. For an abbot to cast aside and dislike patch-robed monks is to forget the Way and virtue. Once the Way and virtue are forgotten, how will he cultivate instruction and transformation, regulate the monastic grove, and entice future students? The ancients embodied the root to correct the branches; they worried that the Way and virtue would not be practiced, not that the monastic grove would lose its place. Therefore it is said: 'The monastic grove is preserved by patch-robed monks; patch-robed monks are preserved by the Way and virtue.' If an abbot lacks the Way and virtue, then the monastic grove falls into ruin." (Seen in the letter to Jiantang)