廣弘明集 5.33

5.33

If we follow this discussion, unless benevolence and righteousness are abandoned, there will be no filial piety and no compassion. Yet it says again: 'In dwelling, find goodness in the place; in association, find goodness in benevolence.' I do not know whether the 'benevolence' in 'find goodness in benevolence' is the same as what he previously spoke of wanting to abandon or not. If it is, then it ought not be praised again; if it is not, then the meaning of these two kinds of benevolence remains unclear: one benevolence ought to be abandoned, and one benevolence ought to be made manifest. This too has not been understood. If he meant an unsaintly sage or an unbenevolent benevolence, then what the teachings condemn does not require high-sounding declarations.