[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Buddhist Literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha) › [Taishō Tripiṭaka (Chinese Buddhist canon)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho) › [宗鏡錄](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2016) › 14.9 # 宗鏡錄 14.9 宗鏡錄 14.9 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [14.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2016.14.9) 答。今宗鏡錄。正論斯義。以心冥性佛。理合真空。豈於心外妄求隨他勝境。如華嚴記云。若達真空。尚不造善。豈況惡乎。若邪說空。謂豁達無物。或言無礙。不妨造惡。若真知空。善順於理。恐生動亂。尚不起心慕善。惡背於理。以順妄情。豈當可造。若云無礙不礙造惡。何不無礙不礙修善而斷惡耶。厭修善法。尚恐有著心。恣情造惡。何不懼著。明知邪見惡眾生也。乃至入理觀佛。猶恐起心。更造業思。特違至理。故楞伽經云。佛告大慧。前聖所知。轉相傳授。妄想無性。菩薩摩訶薩。獨一靜處。自覺觀察。不由於他。離見妄想。上上昇進。入如來地。是名自覺聖智相。又云。一切無涅槃。無有涅槃佛。無有佛涅槃。遠離覺所覺。所覺是相。能覺是見。遠離覺所覺。名自覺聖智。以亡能所處成佛故。夫限量所知。從他外學。欲窮般若海。莫得其源。如於恒河中投一升鹽。水無鹽味。飲者不覺。若內照發明。徹法原底。無理不照。無事不該。如經云。佛言。我住於無念法中。得如是黃金色身。三十二相。放大光明。照無餘世界。 > Answer: The present Record of the Mirror of the Source discusses precisely this meaning. Because citta merges with the nature-Buddha, principle harmonizes with true emptiness; how could one falsely seek a superior realm outside citta following other things? As the Huayan Commentary says: 'If one penetrates true emptiness, one does not even produce good, how much less evil? If emptiness is wrongly expounded, taking it to be vast and without anything, or saying it is unobstructed so there is no harm in creating evil—if one truly knows emptiness, good accords with principle; fearing the arising of agitation, one does not even give rise to the thought of admiring good, and since evil goes against principle by following false passions, how could it be done? If it is said that non-obstruction does not obstruct the creation of evil, why does non-obstruction not fail to obstruct the cultivation of good and the severing of evil? If in wearying of cultivating good dharmas one still fears having an attached citta, why does one not fear attachment when giving free rein to passion in creating evil? It is clearly known that such are sentient beings of wrong views and evil.' And even with entering principle to contemplate the Buddha, one still fears giving rise to thought; if one further generates karmic thinking, it especially violates the ultimate principle. Therefore the Laṅkāvatārasūtra states: 'The Buddha told Mahāmati: That which the former sages knew was transmitted successively: false imagination is without nature. Bodhisattva-mahāsattvas, in a solitary and quiet place, observe with self-realization without relying on others; transcending views and false imagination, they ascend higher and higher, entering the Tathāgata stage: this is called the characteristic of the noble wisdom of self-realization.' And it also says: 'All are without nirvāṇa; there is no Buddha of nirvāṇa, nor is there any Buddha-nirvāṇa. They are far removed from awakening and what is awakened.' What is awakened is the characteristic; the awakening subject is the view. Being far removed from awakening and what is awakened is called the noble wisdom of self-realization, because Buddhahood is attained where subject and object are obliterated. Now, if knowledge is limited and learned externally from others, one may wish to exhaust the ocean of prajñā, but can never reach its source. It is like casting a pint of salt into the Gaṅgā: the water has no salty taste, and those who drink it do not notice. If one illuminates internally and attains clarity, penetrating to the bottom of the source of dharmas, there is no principle not illuminated, and no phenomenon not encompassed. As a sūtra says: 'The Buddha said: Residing in the dharma of no-thought, I attained such a golden-colored body, the thirty-two marks, and radiated great light, illuminating worlds without remainder.' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 14.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2016.14.8) - [Next: 14.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2016.14.10) - [Up: 14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2016.14) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2016~en-mt.14.9) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2016.14.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2016.14.9) · Pramāṇa