弘明集 7.18

7.18

論云。若殘忍剛愎則師佛為長。慈柔虛受則服道為至。疑曰。夫邪見枉道法所不存。慈悲喜捨是所漸錄。喜則能受。捨亦必虛。虛受之義窅然復會。未知殘愎之人更依何法。若謂所受者異。則翻成刻船。何相符之有乎。

The treatise says: "If one is cruel, stubborn, and perverse, taking the Buddha as teacher is superior; if one is compassionate, gentle, and receptive, practicing the Dao is supreme." The objection says: Wrong views and crooked paths are not retained in the Dharma; loving-kindness, compassion, sympathetic joy, and equanimity are what are gradually recorded. Through joy, one can receive; through equanimity, one must also be empty. The meaning of empty receptivity is profoundly reunited here; one wonders what Dharma the cruel and perverse person relies upon instead. If you claim that what is received is different, that turns out to be marking the boat [to find the sword]—how could there be any correspondence?