法界圖記叢髓錄 1.55

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大記云：訓德意則真者無住本法也，性者本分種也。本分種者，若指文處，初會果地五海也。以此五海為本識體，約此本識，後諸會中或云種性，或云行業，或云願善決定等也。謂若上根人直依證分得自身心正即法性，然此證處絕名相故，中下之人未能信得，故說五海是汝本識之源。由是前機得自身心即是法性，是故依此真性方始建立本識義，故於諸教中或說具分賴耶，或說一分生滅賴耶等。唯普賢機得自本識是五海之源，故云十佛普賢大人境。問：真性既如是甚深微妙，於何義中分二十二位耶？答：以不守自性故，隨我所須，地獄乃至佛果等緣成二十二位也。如是二十二位以普字印，印則皆普賢自體故，第三重海印正是普賢大人之境也。

The Great Record states: According to Master Pyo-hun's intent, 'true' is the fundamental phenomenon of non-abiding, and 'nature' is the seed of one's fundamental share. As for 'the seed of one's fundamental share', pointing to the text, it refers to the five oceans of the fruition stage of the first assembly. Taking these five oceans as the essence of the fundamental consciousness, based on this fundamental consciousness, in later assemblies it is called 'gotra', or called 'activity', or called 'the determination of vows and wholesome roots', etc. That is to say, if someone of superior faculties directly relies on the realization aspect, they obtain their own body and mind as being directly dharmatā; however, because this locus of realization cuts off names and marks, persons of middling and lower faculties cannot yet believe it, so it is said that the five oceans are the source of your fundamental consciousness. Thereby those previous capacities attain their own body and mind as being directly dharmatā; therefore, relying on this true nature, one only then establishes the meaning of fundamental consciousness; hence in various teachings, it is either spoken of as the complete ālayavijñāna, or spoken of as the one-part arising-and-perishing ālayavijñāna, etc. Only those of Samantabhadra's capacity attain that their own fundamental consciousness is the source of the five oceans; therefore it is said to be the realm of the ten Buddhas and the great person Samantabhadra. Question: Since true nature is so extremely profound and subtle, in terms of what meaning is it divided into twenty-two stages? Answer: Because it does not keep its own nature, according to what I need, it conditions and forms the twenty-two stages from hell all the way to the Buddha-fruition. These twenty-two stages are sealed with the word 'universal' (samanta); when sealed, they are all the essential substance of Samantabhadra; therefore, the third layer of the ocean seal is precisely the realm of the great person Samantabhadra.