西方合論 1.55

1.55

二、性相不思議義者，若離性言土，土即心外，是幻化故；幻化者即斷滅相，眾生不生。若即性言土，性是有形，是一定故；一定者即無變易，無變易，眾生亦不生。即性即相，非性非相；存非非亡，存即即壞，是性相不思議義。

Second, as for the inconceivable meaning of nature and characteristics: if one speaks of the land apart from the nature, the land would be external to the mind, and thus illusory; what is illusory is a characteristic of total annihilation, and sentient beings would not be reborn there. If one equates the land with the nature, the nature would have form and would be fixed; what is fixed admits no transformation, and if there is no transformation, sentient beings also would not be reborn. It is identical to nature and identical to characteristics, yet neither nature nor characteristics; positing non-existence does not obliterate existence, and positing identity does not destroy diversity. This is the inconceivable meaning of nature and characteristics.