法華遊意 1.99

1.99

The 'Life-span Chapter' states: 'The Tathāgata knows and sees the characteristics of the triple world as they truly are: there is no birth and death, no retreating or exiting, nor is there being in the world or passing into extinction; they are neither real nor unreal, neither such nor different, not as the triple world sees the triple world.' The triple world is precisely sentient beings; hence we know that sentient beings and the Buddha are non-dual. How could there be the meaning of an agent of mindfulness and an object of mindfulness? Therefore, the Mūlamadhyamakakārikā states: 'Between saṃsāra and nirvāṇa there is not the slightest difference.' The meaning of sentient beings and the dharmakāya is also like this. This is precisely the grand purport of the sūtras and treatises; one must rely upon this in paying homage and being mindful.