法界次第初門 3.64

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三、如水中月。如水中月者，月在虛空中，影現於水。實法相在如法性實際虛空中，凡夫心水中有我、我所相現，以是故如水中月。如小兒見水中月，歡喜欲取，大人見之則笑。無智人亦如是，身見故見有吾我，無實智故，見種種法，見已歡喜，欲取諸相、男相、女相等。諸得道聖人，愍之而笑也。

Third, like the moon in the water. 'Like the moon in the water' means that the moon is in the sky, while its reflection appears in the water. The characteristics of real dharmas reside in the open space of suchness, the dharmadhātu, and the reality-limit, while in the water of the ordinary person's mind, the characteristics of self and what belongs to self appear; for this reason it is like the moon in the water. Just as a small child, seeing the moon in the water, is delighted and wishes to grasp it, while an adult seeing this laughs; the unwise are also like this: due to the view of selfhood, they see an 'I' and a self; lacking true wisdom, they see various dharmas, and having seen them, they are delighted and wish to grasp various characteristics, such as the characteristic of male and the characteristic of female. The noble ones who have attained the Path pity them and laugh.