四明尊者教行錄 4.118

4.118

答：法界體性離諸妄念，相等虛空無所不遍，遍依遍正、遍根遍塵，至一極微無非法界全體而遍。嗟夫群生梏桎斯體妄為情器，情則四生六道水陸空行，器則山川嶽瀆草木叢林。於情分中妄計我人知見，故有苦楚冤對之事；器分既無我人知見，故無業累讎償之愆。如是不同，皆是眾生境界虛妄分別。究論法界體性，有何差別？故荊溪曰：縱然造依造正，依理終無異轍。斯言是也。

Answer: The essence and nature of the Dharma realm is free from all false thoughts, its characteristics are equal to empty space, and it pervades everywhere. It pervades the dependent and pervades the primary; it pervades the sense faculties and pervades the sense objects; down to a single minute particle, there is none that is not the complete essence of the Dharma realm pervading. Alas, the multitude of living beings shackle this essence and falsely construct it into sentient and insentient realms. The sentient realm comprises the four forms of birth, the six paths, and those that move through water, land, and air; the insentient vessel comprises mountains, rivers, peaks, streams, grass, trees, and dense forests. Within the sentient division, they falsely calculate views of self and other, and therefore there are matters of distress and adversarial debts; since the vessel division lacks views of self and other, there is no fault of karmic encumbrance and retaliatory compensation. Such differences are entirely the false discriminations of the sphere of sentient beings. When we investigate the essence and nature of the Dharma realm, what distinction is there? Therefore Jingxi said: 'Even though dependent and primary retributions are produced, relying on principle there is ultimately no divergent path.' These words are true.