弘明集 7.10

7.10

The treatise says: "If you claim that because their ultimate aim is the same, their methods can be interchanged, can a carriage cross a river, or a boat travel on land? It is surely impossible." The objection says: Dharma is that by which emotions are regulated; emotions are not the Dharma. Since the Dharma has no fixed form, it arises because emotions are not uniform. When non-uniform emotions head in different directions, the firm and the yielding run alongside, and the Chinese and the barbarian must be alike. Therefore, the vast, boundless river has no relevance here; how could the flat plains and distant lands be taken from there? Why would it be unacceptable to employ both boat and carriage?