龍舒增廣淨土文 10.12

10.12

《楞嚴經》第一卷，佛與阿難七次論心，終之以尋常所謂心者乃妄想耳，非真心也。真心即性也。《圓覺經》謂「眾生妄認六塵緣影為自心相」。是尋常所謂心者，乃六種塵緣之影耳。謂此心本無，唯因外有六種塵緣，故內現此心。若外因有色，內則起愛色之心。外因有聲，內則起愛聲之心。外因有香味觸法，內則起愛香味觸法之心。蓋真性如鏡，六種塵緣如形。此心如影，若外無此六塵，則內亦無此心矣。此心豈不為六種塵緣之影乎？形來則影現、形去則影滅，而性鏡則常自若。故金剛經云「過去心不可得，現在心不可得，未來心不可得。」此三心皆謂妄想心也，故有過去現在未來。若真心則無始以來未嘗變動，烏有過去未來現在乎？不可得者謂無也。若飢而思食，得食則此心過去矣，正食而知味乃現在心，未思食則此心未有故為未來心。此三心皆隨時壞滅，故云不可得。

In the first fascicle of the Śūraṅgama-sūtra, the Buddha debates the mind with Ānanda seven times, concluding that what is ordinarily called the mind is merely delusive thinking, not the true mind. The true mind is precisely the nature. The Perfect Enlightenment Sūtra states: 'Sentient beings mistakenly identify the reflected shadows of the six sense objects and conditions as their own mental characteristics.' Thus what is ordinarily called the mind is merely the reflected shadows of the six kinds of dust-conditions. It is said that this mind originally does not exist; only because there are six kinds of dust-conditions externally does this mind appear internally. If externally there is form, internally there arises a mind that craves form. If externally there is sound, internally there arises a mind that craves sound. If externally there are smells, tastes, tangibles, and phenomena, internally there arises a mind that craves smells, tastes, tangibles, and phenomena. The true nature is like a mirror, and the six kinds of dust-conditions are like shapes. This mind is like a shadow: if externally there are no such six dusts, internally there is also no such mind. How could this mind not be the shadow of the six kinds of dust-conditions? When a shape comes, the shadow appears; when the shape goes, the shadow vanishes; yet the mirror of the nature remains constantly as it is. Therefore the Diamond Sūtra says: 'Past mind cannot be grasped, present mind cannot be grasped, future mind cannot be grasped.' These three minds all refer to the delusive mind; hence there are past, present, and future. As for the true mind, from the beginningless past it has never changed or moved; how could it have past, future, or present? 'Cannot be grasped' means that it does not exist. If one is hungry and thinks of food, once one obtains food this mind has passed; while actually eating and tasting, that is the present mind; before thinking of food this mind did not yet exist, hence it is the future mind. These three minds all perish with the passage of time; hence it is said that they cannot be grasped.