Ye Xuan'er, upon hearing Huiyuan's praise, felt no pride, "I merely desire to achieve enlightenment, while the monk has already realized it. In fact, what the monk has accomplished makes me even more admiring."
This sounds unusual, yet so much in life is like this. Didn't Einstein long ago conceive of gravitational waves, and yet it took years before people could observe them?
The principles of reason can be grasped suddenly, but matters are resolved gradually.
Your understanding doesn't mean you can immediately achieve, but many confuse the two, thinking that knowing is understanding, and understanding is realization, hence often claiming they have achieved great enlightenment with ease.
Those who teach benevolence and morality may not necessarily practice it, while those who do not inherently grasp it may become exemplars of virtue.
Benevolence and morality are like this, as are principles of reason.
