[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) › [觀心論疏](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1921) › 1.24 # 觀心論疏 1.24 觀心論疏 1.24 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [1.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1921.1.24) 問：作法懺出在律文，觀相方法出在方等諸經，可解。無生懺相云何？答：前引普賢觀文，即其事也。又如淨名彈優波離云：「當直除滅，勿擾其心。所以者何？彼罪性不在內、不在外、不在中問。如其心然，罪垢亦然，諸法亦然，不出於如。如優波離心相得解脫，寧有垢不？」波離言：「不也。」淨名云：「一切眾生心相無垢，亦復如是。」妄想是垢，無妄想是淨；取我是垢，不取我是淨。一切諸法如幻化相，即其相也。是則不能爾者，雖懺不除，事如偈也。偈云：「諸來求法者，意欲離煩惱，不知問觀心，煩惱終不滅。」 > Question: Repentance through ritual action appears in the texts of the Vinaya, and the method of contemplating signs appears in the various vaipulya sūtras; these are intelligible. What is the characteristic of repentance through non-arising? Answer: The passage from the Contemplation of Samantabhadra quoted earlier is precisely this matter. Moreover, it is like Vimalakīrti rebuking Upāli, saying: 'You should directly eliminate them and not disturb their minds. Why? The nature of that transgression is not inside, not outside, and not in between. As their minds are, so are the defilements of transgression, and so are all phenomena; they do not go beyond suchness. Just as Upāli's mental characteristics are liberated, could they have any defilement?' Upāli said: 'No.' Vimalakīrti said: 'The mental characteristics of all sentient beings are without defilement, just like this.' False discrimination is defilement; freedom from false discrimination is purity. Grasping at self is defilement; not grasping at self is purity. All phenomena are like illusory transformations; this is precisely its characteristic. Thus, if one cannot do so, although one repents, \[the transgression\] is not eliminated, just as the verse states. The verse states: 'All who come seeking the Dharma, / Intending to be free from defilements, / If they do not know to inquire into contemplating the mind, / The defilements will ultimately not be extinguished.' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 1.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1921.1.23) - [Next: 1.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1921.1.25) - [Up: 1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1921.1) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1921~en-mt.1.24) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (2) - [注維摩詰經](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1775.3.168) — Classical Chinese - [維摩詰所說經](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.mahayanasutra.vimalakirtinirdesa*zh-kumarajiva.1.47) — Classical Chinese --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1921.1.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1921.1.24) · Pramāṇa