法界圖記叢髓錄 1.83

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道身章云：問：三世間為佛身心者，佛身大寬，故眾生等在佛身心耶？眾生業果即是佛耶？答：二義共得。〈舍那品〉云「佛一毛孔中，無量眾生住，各自受苦樂，而不知去來」等。又亦得眾生業果等即正是佛。問：眾生業果即是佛者，從古即佛，何言初發心時方成佛耶？答：從古是佛，而發心時方知是佛耳。如夢走馳，自夢即寂，而悟朝方知走即臥耳。

The Daoshen zhang states: Question: Since the three realms constitute the Buddha's body and mind, is it because the Buddha's body is exceedingly vast that sentient beings and the like are within the Buddha's body and mind? Or are the karma and fruits of sentient beings themselves precisely the Buddha? Answer: Both meanings are obtained. The 'Vairocana Chapter' says: 'Within a single pore of the Buddha, immeasurable sentient beings abide, each experiencing suffering and pleasure, yet they do not know coming or going,' and so forth. Furthermore, it is also obtained that the karma and fruits of sentient beings and so forth are themselves precisely the Buddha. Question: If the karma and fruits of sentient beings are themselves the Buddha, they have been Buddha from of old; why say that only at the time of first generating the mind does one become a Buddha? Answer: One has been Buddha from of old, but it is only at the time of generating the mind that one comes to know one is Buddha. Just as running in a dream is inherently quiescent within the dream, yet upon waking in the morning one only then knows that running was just lying down.