釋禪波羅蜜次第法門 3.88

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三、明念法佛善根發者，亦於欲界、未到靜定心中，忽然憶念：「十方諸佛法身實相，猶如虛空。」即便覺悟一切諸法本自不生，今則無滅，非有非無，非來非去，非增非減，非境非智，非因非果，非常非斷，非縛非脫，非生死非涅槃，湛然清淨，有佛無佛，相性常然，眾生、諸佛同一實相者，即是法身佛也。故《大品經》云：「諸法如實相。」諸法如實即是佛，離是之外，更無別佛。如是念時，三昧現前，實慧開發，即時通達無量法門，寂然不動，一切不思議境界皆現定中成就之相。如《法華經》六根清淨中廣說，是為念法佛善根發相。

3. Explaining the arising of the wholesome roots of recollecting the Dharma Buddha: within a calm, concentrated mind in the desire realm or the anāgamya stage, one suddenly recollected: 'The true nature of the Dharma body of the Buddhas of the ten directions is like empty space.' Thereupon one awakens to the fact that all dharmas are fundamentally unborn and now unceasing, neither existent nor nonexistent, neither coming nor going, neither increasing nor decreasing, neither object nor wisdom, neither cause nor effect, neither eternal nor annihilated, neither bound nor liberated, neither saṃsāra nor nirvāṇa, tranquil and pure. Whether Buddhas exist or do not exist, their signs and nature are constantly so; that sentient beings and all Buddhas share the same true reality is precisely the Dharma body Buddha. Thus the Pañcaviṃśati-sāhasrikā-prajñāpāramitā-sūtra states: 'All dharmas are as true reality.' The fact that all dharmas are such reality is precisely the Buddha; apart from this, there is no other Buddha. When reflecting in this way, samādhi manifests, true wisdom opens up, and one instantly penetrates immeasurable Dharma gates, tranquil and unmoving, all inconceivable realms presenting signs of fulfillment in concentration. As expounded at length in the chapter on the purification of the six sense faculties in the Lotus Sūtra, these are the signs of the arising of the wholesome roots of recollecting the Dharma Buddha.