法界次第初門 3.68

3.68

七、如夢。如夢者，夢中無實事，謂之有實，覺已而還自笑。人亦如是，是諸結使、眠中實無而著。得道覺時，乃知無實，亦復自笑，以是故說如夢。又夢以眠力故，無法而見有。人亦如是，無明眠力故，種種無而見有，所謂我、我所、男女等也。

Seventh, like a dream. 'Like a dream' means that in a dream there are no real matters, yet one proclaims them to be real, and upon awakening, one laughs at oneself. People are also like this: in the sleep of latent defilements, they attach to what is truly non-existent; when they awaken upon attaining the Path, they only then know it lacks reality, and they likewise laugh at themselves; for this reason it is said to be like a dream. Furthermore, by the power of sleep in a dream, one sees things as existing where there are no dharmas; people are also like this: by the power of the sleep of ignorance, they see things as existing where various things do not exist, namely self, what belongs to self, male, female, and so forth.