觀音義疏 1.81

1.81

今當說菩薩見眾生以空識成果報身，還為空識所惱，修諸善時，空識之業亦能壞善，觀空識有三諦之障、有三諦之理，如是節節皆起慈悲，悲欲拔眾生苦；慈欲與眾生樂。故《淨名》云：「菩薩觀四大種、空種、識種皆空空故。」無四大、無空、無識，是為入不二法門，成王三昧，能遍十法界垂應，以事中慈悲救果報空識難、以修善慈悲救惡業空識難、以三觀慈悲救煩惱空識難，故知觀音於空識法門而得自在。《華嚴》三十九：「善住比丘於虛空中大作佛事。」若作圓觀，觀空種因緣性相本末究竟等，則一切十法界悉趣空門；識亦如是。起無綠慈悲熏諸眾生，十法界有機，即能一切一時而得解脫。

Now we shall explain: the bodhisattva sees that sentient beings take space and consciousness to form the retribution body, yet in turn are distressed by space and consciousness. When cultivating various goods, the karma of space and consciousness can also ruin those goods. Contemplating space and consciousness, there are the obstacles to the three truths and the principle of the three truths. In this manner, compassion is aroused at every point: sorrow desires to eradicate the suffering of sentient beings, while kindness desires to bestow happiness upon sentient beings. Thus the Jingming jing says: 'The bodhisattva contemplates that the four great elements, the element of space, and the element of consciousness are all empty because of emptiness.' There are no four great elements, no space, and no consciousness—this is entering the non-dual Dharma gate, attaining the king of samādhis, capable of extending responses throughout the ten dharma realms. With compassion amid phenomena, one rescues from the distress of retributional space and consciousness; with compassion that cultivates the good, one rescues from the distress of evil-karmic space and consciousness; with compassion of the three contemplations, one rescues from the distress of afflictive space and consciousness. Therefore, know that Avalokiteśvara has attained sovereignty in the Dharma gate of space and consciousness. Huayan chapter thirty-nine says: 'The monk Supratiṣṭhita performed great Buddha-works in empty space.' If one performs the perfect contemplation, contemplating the causes and conditions, nature, marks, root, and branch of the space element as ultimate, then all the ten dharma realms completely tend toward the gate of emptiness; consciousness is also like this. Arousing unconditioned compassion to perfume sentient beings, wherever there is capacity in the ten dharma realms, one can enable all simultaneously to attain liberation.