禪林寶訓 4.66

4.66

懶菴曰。涅槃經云。若人聞說大涅槃一句一字。不作字相。不作句相。不作聞相。不作佛相。不作說相。如是義者名無相相。達磨大師航海而來不立文字者。蓋明無相之旨。非達磨自出新意別立門戶。近世學者不悟斯旨。意謂禪宗別是一種法門。以禪為宗者非其教。以教為宗者非其禪。遂成兩家之說。互相詆呰譊譊不能自已。噫所聞淺陋一至於此。非愚即狂。甚可歎息也（心地法門）。

Lan'an said: "The Nirvāṇa Sūtra says: 'If a person hears a single phrase or a single word of the Mahāparinirvāṇa explained, and does not form the sign of a word, does not form the sign of a phrase, does not form the sign of hearing, does not form the sign of a buddha, and does not form the sign of preaching—such meaning is called the sign of signlessness.' Great Master Bodhidharma came across the sea and did not establish written words because he wished to clarify the import of signlessness; it was not that Bodhidharma came up with a new idea on his own to establish a separate sect. Recent scholars do not awaken to this principle, and imagine that the Chan lineage is a separate Dharma gate. Those who take Chan as their lineage condemn the teachings; those who take the teachings as their lineage condemn Chan. Thus two schools of thought have formed, mutually slandering and clamouring without being able to stop themselves. Alas, for what they have heard to be as shallow and vulgar as this—if they are not foolish, they are mad. It is truly lamentable!" (Dharma Gate of the Mind Ground)