廣弘明集 5.25

5.25

A subsequent chapter says: 'Good people are teachers of those who are not good; those who are not good are the material for good people. If one does not value one's teacher and does not love one's material, though clever, one is greatly deluded.' [Sun] Sheng considers: If the people are truly free of desire, how then would there be anything to model upon a teacher? Since there are mutual teachers and materials, how is this not study? For the not good to take the good as teacher, how is this not esteeming the worthy? When valuing and loving exist, fine and evil cannot help but become distinct; this is not what is meant by 'how much difference is there between them?' Moreover, a subsequent chapter says: 'What others teach, I also use to teach people. My words are very easy to understand, yet no one in the world can understand them.'