四明尊者教行錄 3.33

3.33

What is the dharmatā? / Is its self-substance golden light? / Should it be established based on its meaning, / or is it also formed as physical matter? / Dharmatā is fundamentally not physical matter; / from what does the golden color arise? / If established from its meaning, / it is still merely a provisional designation. / The whole gold is the dharmadhātu; / every single particle of dust is completely equal. / What does repentance eliminate? / What does praise glorify? / Since transgression and blessing are not two, / leading by emptiness is an empty sound. / The empty treasury fully manifests emptiness; / the earth treasury is hard to overturn. / How are these the same and different? / I pray you will resolve my doubts. / The lotus flower and rice weeds— / how are they judged in terms of intrinsic substance? / By analogy with all dharmas, / may the lion's strings resound!