鐔津文集 2.14

2.14

What is the Buddha called? One who rectifies the One. What are humans called? Those who participate in the One. The Buddha and humans are just one. What the myriad things are called is names; what the ultimate principle is called is reality. Clinging to names while remaining blind to reality, how could the world know what is ultimate? When the Way is in humans, it is called the cause; when the Way is in the Buddha, it is called the fruit. 'Cause' speaks of not yet having reached it; 'fruit' speaks of having reached it. Once reached, then it is rectified; once rectified, there is no place where one abides without being self-fulfilled. As for the Buddha, how could he be confined to his physical form or his traces? Physical forms and traces merely preserve his teaching. The teaching is the resource for rectifying them. In distinguishing the myriad things, nothing is greater than names; in unifying the myriad things, nothing is greater than reality. The sage teaches people through reality, wishing for people's great unification; the sage encourages people by discarding names, guarding against people's great divergence. If one examines that by which the sage teaches, the culmination of name and reality can conclusively be seen.