[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Buddhist Literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha) › [Taishō Tripiṭaka (Chinese Buddhist canon)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho) › [大毘盧遮那成佛經疏](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1796) › 1.20 # 大毘盧遮那成佛經疏 1.20 大毘盧遮那成佛經疏 1.20 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [1.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1796.1.20) 經云「祕密主！云何菩提？謂如實知自心。」即是開示如來功德寶所也。如人雖聞寶藏，發意勤求，若不知其所在，無由進趣。故復指言如上所明第一甚深微妙之法，乃至非一切智人則不能解者。此法從何處得耶？即是行者自心耳。若能如實觀察了了證知，是名成菩提，其實不由他悟、不從他得。問曰：若即心是道者，何故眾生輪迴生死、不得成佛？答曰：以不如實知故。所謂愚童凡夫，若聞是法，少有能信。識性二乘雖自觀察，未如實知。若如實自知，即是初發心時便成正覺。譬如長者家窮子，若自識父時，豈復是客作賤人耶？爾時行者正知心實相故，見一切法悉皆甚深微妙，無量無數不可思議，不動不倚不著、都無所得，畢竟如菩提相故。 > The sūtra says: 'Secret Lord! What is bodhi? It means knowing one's own mind as it truly is.' This is the revelation of the Tathāgata's treasure place of virtues. It is like a person who, having heard of a treasure, sets their mind to diligently seek it, but not knowing where it is, has no way to proceed. Therefore it points out again that the foremost, most profound, subtle Dharma explained above, down to that which cannot be understood by anyone who is not an omniscient person—from where is this Dharma obtained? It is merely the practitioner's own mind. If one can contemplate it as it truly is and clearly realize it, this is called attaining bodhi; in truth, it is not realized through another, nor obtained from another. Question: 'If the mind itself is the Way, why do sentient beings transmigrate in saṃsāra and fail to attain Buddhahood?' Answer: 'Because they do not know it as it truly is.' As for foolish, ordinary people, if they hear this Dharma, few can believe it. The two vehicles with their discriminating nature, though they contemplate themselves, do not know it as it truly is. If one knows oneself as it truly is, then at the very moment of initial resolve, one accomplishes right awakening. For instance, when the poor son in the house of the elder recognizes his father, how could he still be a hired servant? At that time, because the practitioner rightly knows the dharmatā of the mind, they see all dharmas as completely profound and subtle, immeasurable, countless, inconceivable, unmoving, non-abiding, non-attached, and utterly without attainment, because they are ultimately like the mark of bodhi. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 1.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1796.1.19) - [Next: 1.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1796.1.21) - [Up: 1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1796.1) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1796~en-mt.1.20) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1796.1.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1796.1.20) · Pramāṇa