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71 The categories of form have their own ways, and They do not hinder or afflict each other. If one seeks the way apart from the Way, One will never see the Way. If one passes one’s life in prevarication,72 One will ultimately only cause oneself grief. If you want to see the true Way, Practice the correct, and this is the Way. 351c If one’s eyes have no aspiration for the Way, One will practice in obscurity and will not see the Way. If one is a true cultivator of the Way, One will not see the transgressions of the world.
Because [Kāśyapa said] “My preaching is the same as [the Buddha’s in] the sutra,” the Perfected Man’s preaching of a sutra is identical to a sutra. Because [the Nirvana Sutra says] “Rely on meanings” and “rely on sutras that are comprehensive in meaning,” the Perfected Man has preached openly and was in accord with the meanings and in accord with the sutras [of the Buddha]. Because [the 14 Encomium Nirvana Sutra says] “Rely on the Dharma” and “rely on wisdom,” therefore the Perfected Man has preached secretly, transforming and penetrating, but not becoming stagnated in the slightest.
Knowing that I had been enlightened to the fundamental nature, the patriarch said to me, ‘If one does not recognize the fundamental mind, studying the Dharma is of no benefit. If one recognizes one’s own fundamental mind, one sees one’s own fundamental nature. ’ “At the third watch of the night I received the Dharma. No one knew of this. He then transmitted the sudden teaching and the robe and bowl, saying, ‘You have become the patriarch of the sixth generation. You should maintain your own mindfulness well,57 and you should save sentient beings extensively.