禪林寶訓 1.5

1.5

Mingjiao said: “The learning of the sages and worthies is certainly not something achieved in a single day. When the day is not enough, they continue it through the night, and accumulating it over months and years, it naturally can be accomplished. Thus it is said: ‘Through learning one gathers it; through questioning one discerns it.’ This means that unless one discerns and questions, there is no way for learning to be realized. Nowadays, wherever students go, rarely does anyone utter a single word to question and discern with others. I do not know how they will thereby benefit the ground of nature and bring about the profit of renewing themselves day by day.” (*Collection of Jiufeng*)