緇門警訓 5.18

5.18

若言舍穢取淨厭此欣彼。則是取舍之情眾生妄想。若言無淨土。則違佛語。修淨土者當如何脩。眾無語。復自答云。生則決定生。去則實不去。又云。譬如雁過長空。影沈寒水。雁絕遺踪之意。水無留影之心。

"If one speaks of abandoning the defiled and grasping the pure, abhorring this and craving that, this is the sentiment of grasping and rejecting, the deluded thought of sentient beings. If one speaks of there being no Pure Land, this contradicts the words of the Buddha. How should one who cultivates the Pure Land practice?" The assembly was silent. He again answered himself, saying: "As for being born, one is definitely born; as for going, in reality one does not go." He also said: "For example, when a wild goose crosses the vast sky, its shadow sinks into the cold water. The goose has no intention of leaving behind a trace, and the water has no mind to retain the shadow."