从事显理，显理重事
[254] From Practices Manifesting Principles, [When] Manifesting Principles Emphasising Practices
以大悟一法不立之理体，力行万行圆修之事功，方是空有圆融之中道。
With great awakening [to] principles’ nature of [having] one dharma not established, diligently practising [the] actions [and] contributions of [the] ten thousand practices [for] complete cultivation, then is [the] Middle Path of emptiness [and] existence [in] perfect harmony.
空解脱人，以一法不修为不立，诸佛称为可怜悯者。
Persons [with] emptiness ‘liberated’, with one Dharma [Door] not cultivated as not established, [are] those all Buddhas call as pitiable.
莲池大师云：「着事而念能相续，不虚入品之功。执理而心实未通，难免落空之祸。」
[The Pure Land Tradition’s Eighth Patriarch] Great Master Liánchí [净土宗八祖莲池大师] said, ‘[With] attachment [to] practices then mindful, [they are] able [to be] continuous, not falsely entering [the] grades of merits. [With] attachment [to] principles, then [with the] mind truly yet [to be] penetrated, [it is] difficult [to] avoid [the] misfortune of falling [into] emptiness.’
以事有挟理之功，理无独立之能故也。
With practices, [there] are merits of holding principles. [With] principles, [they are] without [the] ability of [being] independently established thus.
吾人学佛，必须即事而成理，即理而成事。
We people learning [the] Buddha[‘s teachings], must then [be with] practices, yet accomplishing principles, then [with] principles, yet accomplishing practices.
理事圆融，空有不二，始可圆成三昧，了脱生死。若自谓我即是佛，执理废事，差之远矣。
[With] principles [and] practices [in] perfect harmony, emptiness [and] existence not two, then can [there be] complete accomplishing [of] samādhi, [for] liberation [from the cycle of] birth [and] death. If personally saying I am the same as [the] Buddha, [with] attachment [to] principles [and] abandonment [of] practices, those differences [are] far.
当用力修持，一心念佛，从事而显理，显理而仍注重于事，方得实益。
[There] should [be] exerting [of] efforts [to] practise, [with] wholehearted mindfulness [of the] Buddha[‘s name] [i.e. Āmítuófó (阿弥陀佛)], from practices then manifesting principles, manifesting principles then still emphasising on practices, [to] then attain true benefits.
净土宗十三祖印光大师
Pure Land Tradition’s 13th Patriarch Great Master Yìnguāng
《印光法师文钞》（三编）：息灾法会法语；
Dharma Master Yìnguāng’s Collected Writings (Third Compilation): Elimination [Of] Disasters’ Dharma Assembly’s Dharma Words;
印光大师文钞菁华录（第两百五十四则）：八、释普通疑惑：论理事（第三则）
Record [Of] Great Master Yìnguāng’s Collected Writings’ Essence (254th Short Section): 8th Chapter: Explanations [On] Common Doubts [And] Confusions: Discussion [On] Principles [And] Practices (3rd Short Section)
[Ref: #254 / 8.3]
Namo Amituofo : Translation and notes by Shen Shi’an
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《印光大师文钞菁华录》
Record Of Great Master Yìnguāng’s Collected Writings’ Essence
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