四明尊者教行錄 3.80

3.80

答：觀乎真祕之言，不同隱祕之義。若為實施權，權名隱實，則方便之名正當隱祕。若開權顯實，實外無權，則方便之名即是真祕。蓋指權方之祕即是實相之真，故云真祕。又十界百界即空即中，離言說相、離心緣相，故云真祕也。

Answer: When considering the expression 'true secret,' it is not the same as the meaning of concealed secret. If one sets forth the provisional for the sake of the real, the provisional is called concealing the real, so the name 'expedient means' corresponds precisely to concealed secret. If one opens the provisional and reveals the real, there is no provisional outside the real, so the name 'expedient means' is precisely the true secret. This indicates that the secret of provisional expedients is precisely the truth of the true mark, hence it is called the 'true secret.' Furthermore, the ten realms and hundred realms are immediately empty and immediately middle, transcending the marks of words and speech, and transcending the marks of mental conditioning; therefore it is called the true secret.