緇門警訓 4.55

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智論云。菩薩唯有三事無厭。一者供養佛無厭。二者聞法無厭。三者供給僧無厭。今之學者雖未至菩薩地位。撥棄因果者或有之。更不究先聖之微言。殊不知即理而事即事而理。事理圓融法爾如是。故永明云。擬欲蛭嫌海量蜜掩日光乎。

The Mahāprajñāpāramitā-śāstra states: 'The bodhisattva never tires of only three things: first, never tiring of making offerings to the Buddha; second, never tiring of listening to the Dharma; third, never tiring of providing for the saṅgha.' Although contemporary students have not yet reached the stage of a bodhisattva, there are some who reject cause and effect; moreover, they do not investigate the subtle words of the former sages. Little do they know that principle is phenomenon and phenomenon is principle, that phenomenon and principle are completely interfused, naturally as it is. Therefore, Yongming said: 'Do you intend to make a leech despise the volume of the ocean, or make honey eclipse the sunlight?'