四十二章經 1.20

1.20

The Buddha said: "A person harboring craving and desire does not see the Way. It is like turbid water into which the five colors are cast, stirred vigorously; when all people gather over the water, none can see their reflection. Craving and desire intermingle and cause turbidity within the mind; therefore, one does not see the Way. When the water is clarified and filth removed, pure and free of defilement, one immediately sees one's own form. When a fierce fire is applied beneath a cauldron, the water inside leaps up, and a cloth is draped over it, even if sentient beings look down into it, none can see their reflection. When the three poisons fundamentally bubble and boil inside the mind, and the five hindrances cover it from without, in the end one does not see the Way. Only when the mind's defilements are completely exhausted will one know whence the spirit comes, whither birth and death tend, and where the Buddha-lands, the Way, and its virtues reside."