般若波羅蜜多心經幽贊 2.84

2.84

"Dream-thoughts": Not yet having awakened through true cognition, one constantly abides in a dream; due to this, the Buddha spoke of the long night of birth-and-death. Because dreams arise from thoughts, they are called "dream-thoughts"; the previous seven inversions arise from false thought, and one acts while abiding in a dream, hence they are called "dream-thoughts." Or, the previous inversions are all the causes of birth-and-death, whereas these dream-thoughts are the fruits of birth-and-death: just as when abiding in a dream one mostly perceives bodies and realms, the name "dream-thoughts" is specifically applied to the fruit.