法界次第初門 3.67

3.67

六、如揵闥婆城。如揵闥婆城者，日初出時，見城門樓櫓宮殿，行人出入。日轉高轉轉滅，但可眼見而無有實。無智人不識，謂之為實。智者見之，即知無實。諸法亦如是，無智不了，妄計有假名、吾我、陰、入、界之實。智者了達，皆無所有，故說如揵闥婆城。

Sixth, like a city of the gandharvas. 'Like a city of the gandharvas' means that when the sun first rises, one sees city gates, watchtowers, palaces, and travelers entering and exiting; as the sun moves higher, they gradually disappear; they can only be seen with the eye, but have no reality. The unwise do not recognize this and declare it to be real; the wise seeing it immediately know it lacks reality. All dharmas are also like this: the unwise do not comprehend, falsely conceiving reality in conventional designations, a self, the skandhas, the āyatanas, and the dhātus. The wise thoroughly understand that they are all completely non-existent; therefore, it is said to be like a city of the gandharvas.