佛祖歷代通載 20.106

20.106

屏山曰。嗟乎程氏竊聞小乘教相語。不能盡信。略取其說而反攻之。烏知維摩華嚴之密旨誤認阿羅漢為佛。而不知其然。遽加詬罵。是豈識文殊普賢之祕行哉。圓教大士知眾生本空而度脫眾生。知國土本淨而莊嚴國土。不以世間法礙出世法。不以出世法壞世間法。以世間法即出世法。以出世法即世間法。八萬四千塵勞煩惱。即八萬四千清涼解脫。又豈止觀音之三十二應。善財之五十三參耶。眾生念念常有佛成正覺。仁者自生分別耳。但無我相人相眾生相壽者相。何妨居士身長者身宰官身乎。吾聞謗佛毀法中。有冥權大悲闡提逆行魔說。程氏豈其人耶。不然則非利根眾生為世智辯聰所障。具足無間業報哀哉弗可悔也。

Pingshan said: "Alas! Master Cheng overheard words on the tenets of the Hīnayāna teachings, was unable to trust them fully, and cursorily took their claims to attack them in turn. How could he know the esoteric purport of the Vimalakīrti and the Avataṃsaka? Mistaking an arhat for a Buddha and failing to understand the truth, he hastily hurled insults and abuse. How could he recognize the secret practices of Mañjuśrī and Samantabhadra? The Mahāsattvas of the Perfect Teaching know that sentient beings are fundamentally empty, yet deliver them; they know that the lands are fundamentally pure, yet adorn them. They do not obstruct world-transcending dharmas with worldly dharmas, nor do they destroy worldly dharmas with world-transcending dharmas. They regard worldly dharmas as being identical to world-transcending dharmas, and world-transcending dharmas as being identical to worldly dharmas. The eighty-four thousand afflictions of worldly toil are themselves the eighty-four thousand cool liberations. How could this be limited only to Avalokiteśvara's thirty-two manifestations and Sudhana's fifty-three spiritual encounters? In every thought-moment of sentient beings, there are constantly Buddhas realizing right awakening. The benevolent master merely generates distinctions on his own. So long as there is no notion of a self, notion of a person, notion of a sentient being, or notion of an enduring life, what harm is there in appearing in the body of a householder, an elder, or a magistrate? I have heard that among those who defame the Buddha and slander the Dharma, there are beings of hidden expedient means and great compassion who act out of reverse practice and demonic speech. Could Master Cheng be such a person? If not, he is an unintelligent being obstructed by worldly intelligence and sophistry, who fully incurs the karmic retribution of the Avīci Hell. How lamentable and irredeemable!"