註華嚴經題法界觀門頌 1.250

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莫將堤岸柳，喚作古巖松。此頌《楞伽經》云「大慧！或有外道，有覺二十五真實作涅槃想。」謂彼教中立二十五種諦理，最初一諦號為冥性諦，計以為常。皆二十五名神我，亦計為常。我思勝境冥性變，即二十三諦為我受用。我既受用，為境纏縛，不得解脫。我若不思，冥諦不變，既無纏縛，我即解脫，名為涅槃。又《楞嚴經》云「分別都無，非色非空，拘舍離等昧為冥諦也。」

Do not take the willow on the embankment
And call it the pine on an ancient cliff.
This verse: The Laṅkāvatāra Sūtra says: "Mahāmati, there are some non-Buddhists whose awareness conceives the twenty-five realities as nirvāṇa." It refers to their teaching establishing twenty-five principles, the very first principle being called the dark nature principle (prakṛti), which they posit as permanent. The twenty-fifth is called the spiritual self (puruṣa), also posited as permanent. When the self thinks upon superior objects, the dark nature transforms, producing twenty-three principles for the self's enjoyment. Once the self enjoys them, it is bound by objects and cannot attain liberation. If the self does not think, the dark principle does not transform, and since there is no bondage, the self is liberated; this is called nirvāṇa. Also, the Śūraṅgama Sūtra says: "Without any discrimination, neither form nor emptiness, Gośālī and others darkly take this to be the Dark Principle."