注大乘入楞伽經 1.9

1.9

題標。說經之所曰楞伽者，此云難往也，謂眾寶所成，光映日月，遊空夜叉所居。此城在摩羅山頂，其山高峻，下瞰大海，傍無門戶，得神通者，堪能升往。乃表心地法門，無心無證者方能入也。下瞰大海，表其心海本自清淨，因境風所轉，識浪波動。欲明達境心空，海亦自寂，心境俱寂，事無不照，猶如大海無風，日月森羅，煥然明白。此經直為上根，頓說種子業識，為如來藏。異彼二乘，滅識趣寂者故。亦為異彼權教修空菩薩空增勝者故，直明識體本性全真，便明識體即成智用。如彼大海無風，即境像便明，心海法門，亦復如是。言經者，梵音修多羅，此云契經也。契謂契法、契機。若獨契其法，則法不應機；獨契其機，則機不達法。經謂常也，以貫攝為義，顯乎前聖、後聖所說皆然，故言常；持諦理而不忘，故云貫；總群生而教之，故曰攝。又云「如織經焉，緯而成之，在乎其人。」

Elucidation of the title. The place where the sūtra was spoken is called Laṅkā, which here is translated as 'difficult to go to.' That is to say, it is composed of numerous jewels, radiant as the sun and moon, and is inhabited by yakṣas who wander through space. This citadel is upon the summit of Mount Malaya; the mountain is precipitous, looking down upon the great ocean, with no gates on its sides; only those who have attained spiritual penetrations are capable of ascending and going there. This symbolizes the mind-ground Dharma-gate: only those who have no mind and no attainment are able to enter it. Looking down upon the great ocean symbolizes that the ocean of the mind is originally pure, yet turned by the wind of external objects, the waves of consciousness billow and churn. Wishing to make clear that when one penetrates the emptiness of realm and mind, the ocean itself is tranquil; when both mind and realm are tranquil, there is nothing not illuminated, just as when the great ocean is windless, the sun, moon, and array of stars are vividly clear. This sūtra is addressed directly to those of superior faculties, suddenly expounding that the karmavijñāna of seeds is the tathāgatagarbha. This is in order to differ from those of the two vehicles who extinguish consciousness to tend toward quiescence, and also to differ from the bodhisattvas of the provisional teachings who practice emptiness and have an excess of emptiness. It directly illuminates that the substance of consciousness in its fundamental nature is entirely real, and directly makes clear that the substance of consciousness itself becomes the function of wisdom. Just as when that great ocean is windless, the images of objects are clear, the Dharma-gate of the ocean of the mind is likewise also like this. As for the word 'sūtra', the Sanskrit sound is sūtra, which here is translated as 'accordant scripture' (qijing). 'Accordant' means according with the Dharma and according with the capacity [of beings]. If it accords only with the Dharma, then the Dharma will not respond to capacity; if it accords only with capacity, then capacity will not reach the Dharma. 'Sūtra' means constant; it takes stringing together and embracing as its meaning, showing that what is spoken by past sages and later sages is universally so, hence it is called constant; it holds fast the true principle without forgetting, hence it is called stringing together; it gathers all living beings and instructs them, hence it is called embracing. It is also said: 'Just as in weaving there is the warp (jing), making the woof (wei) into cloth depends on the person.'