Question: The master is compassionate, but the disciple does not understand the meaning of the sutra, "The Buddhist sect will not give up a single dharma, and the actual principle will not give up a single dust." What is the interpretation of these two Buddhist sayings?

Master Yanci replied: Buddhism is inseparable from matters and principles. Gude has a saying: The principles of affairs are the same as the Buddha. "The Buddha's sect never gives up a single dharma." The above sentence is of matter and means its function. Learning Buddhism is inseparable from all sentient beings, and no sentient being can be abandoned. There is no single point of all merits and virtues that cannot be cultivated. In short, "Don't do any evil and practice all good deeds." Don't give up any dharma or any good dharma. "Actually, the ground of reason is not affected by a single speck of dust." The following sentence refers to principle, which refers to the nature.

What he said is beyond the scope of description by all words and thoughts. Although the Buddha said 84,000 Dharma doors in the method of expediency, and he would not give up even one of them, the actual principle would not be affected by a single dust. That is to say, if you bear it straight down, there will be no separation between the ordinary and the holy, and the true body will be revealed constantly. Things are established according to the principles, the principles are false and the facts are clear, the directors are mutually supportive, and the same goal is sufficient. There is a saying: "Deacons are also deluded, and principles are not enlightened." Buddhism mostly explains the harmony between the original mind and the world from the perspective of the opposition between principles and things. Cultivation starts from nature, which means to break away all the karma, habits and troubles from life to life, return to one's own nature, and manifest things without hindrance, harmony and ease.