弘明集 7.18

7.18

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?