[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) › 31.2.4 # 宗鏡錄 31.2.4 宗鏡錄 31.2.4 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [31.2.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2016.31.2.4) 喻真解脫。 真解脫者。 即是如來。 又解脫者。 名甚深。 何以故。 聲聞緣覺所不能入。 不能入者。 即真解脫。 真解脫者。 即是如來。 又甚深者。 諸佛菩薩之所恭敬。 譬如孝子供養父母。 功德甚深。 功德甚深。 喻真解脫。 真解脫者。 即是如來。 又解脫者。 名不可見。 譬如有人。 不見自頂。 解脫亦爾。 聲聞緣覺所不能見。 不能見者。 即真解脫。 真解脫者。 即是如來。 又解脫者。 名無屋宅。 譬如虛空無有屋宅。 解脫亦爾。 言屋宅者。 喻二十五有。 無有屋宅。 喻真解脫。 真解脫者。 即是如來。 又解脫者。 名不可取。 如阿摩勒果。 人可取持。 解脫不爾。 不可取持。 不可取持。 即真解脫。 真解脫者。 即是如來。 又解脫者。 名不可執。 譬如幻物。 不可執持。 解脫亦爾。 不可執持。 不可執持。 即真解脫。 真解脫者。 即是如來。 又解脫者。 無有身體。 譬如有人。 體生瘡癩。 又諸癰疽癲狂乾枯。 真解脫中。 無如是病。 無如是病。 喻真解脫。 真解脫者。 即是如來。 又解脫者。 名為一味。 如乳一味。 解脫亦爾。 唯有一味。 如是一味。 即真解脫。 真解脫者。 即是如來。 又解脫者。 名曰清淨。 如水無泥。 澄靜清淨。 解脫亦爾。 澄靜清淨。 澄靜清淨。 則真解脫。 真解脫者。 即是如來。 又解脫者。 名曰一味。 如空中雨。 一味清淨。 一味清淨。 喻真解脫。 真解脫者。 即是如來。 又解脫者。 名曰除却。 譬如滿月。 無諸雲曀。 解脫亦爾。 無諸雲曀。 無諸雲曀。 即真解脫。 真解脫者。 即是如來。 又解脫者。 名曰寂靜。 譬如有人。 熱病除愈。 身得寂靜。 解脫亦爾。 身得寂靜。 身得寂靜。 即真解脫。 真解脫者。 即是如來。 又解脫者。 即是平等。 譬如野猫毒蛇鼠狼。 俱有殺心。 解脫不爾。 無有殺心。 無殺心者。 即真解脫。 真解脫者。 即是如來。 又平等者。 譬如父母。 等心於子。 解脫亦爾。 其心平等。 心平等者。 即真解脫。 真解脫者。 即是如來。 又解脫者。 無有異處。 譬如有人。 唯居上妙清淨屋宅。 更無異處。 解脫亦爾。 無有異處。 無異處者。 即真解脫。 真解脫者。 即是如來。 又解脫者。 名曰知足。 譬如飢人。 值遇甘膳食之無厭。 解脫不爾。 如食乳糜。 更無所須。 更無所須。 喻真解脫。 真解脫者。 即是如來。 又解脫者。 名曰斷絕。 如人被縛。 斷縛得脫。 解脫亦爾。 斷絕一切疑心結縛。 如是斷疑。 即真解脫。 真解脫者。 即是如來。 又解脫者。 名到彼岸。 譬如大海。 有此彼岸。 解脫不爾。 雖無此岸。 而有彼岸。 有彼岸者。 即真解脫。 真解脫者。 即是如來。 又解脫者。 名曰默然。 譬如大海。 其水泛漲。 多諸音聲。 解脫不爾。 如是解脫。 即是如來。 又解脫者。 名曰美妙。 譬如眾藥。 雜訶梨勒其味則苦。 解脫不爾。 味如甘露。 味如甘露。 喻真解脫。 真解脫者。 即是如來。 又解脫者。 除諸煩惱。 譬如良醫。 和合諸藥。 善療眾病。 解脫亦爾。 能除煩惱。 除煩惱者。 即真解脫。 真解脫者。 即是如來。 又解脫者。 名曰無窄。 譬如小舍。 不容多人。 解脫不爾。 多所容受。 多所容受。 即真解脫。 真解脫者。 即是如來。 又解脫者。 名滅諸愛。 不雜婬欲。 譬如女人。 多諸愛欲。 解脫不爾。 如是解脫。 即是如來。 如來如是。 無有貪欲瞋恚愚癡憍慢等結。 又解脫者。 名曰無愛。 愛有二種。 一者餓鬼愛。 二者法愛。 真解脫者。 離餓鬼愛。 憐愍眾生。 故有法愛。 如是法愛。 即真解脫。 真解脫者。 > …is an analogy for true liberation. True liberation is precisely the Tathāgata. Furthermore, liberation is called 'profound.' Why is this? Because it cannot be entered by śrāvakas and pratyekabuddhas. That which cannot be entered is true liberation, and true liberation is precisely the Tathāgata. Furthermore, 'profound' means revered by all buddhas and bodhisattvas. Just as when a filial son makes offerings to his parents, the merit is profound; profound merit is an analogy for true liberation. True liberation is precisely the Tathāgata. Furthermore, liberation is called 'invisible.' For example, just as a person cannot see the crown of his own head, liberation is also like this: it cannot be seen by śrāvakas and pratyekabuddhas. That which cannot be seen is true liberation, and true liberation is precisely the Tathāgata. Furthermore, liberation is called 'houseless.' Just as empty space has no house, liberation is also like this. The word 'house' is an analogy for the twenty-five states of existence. Having no house is an analogy for true liberation, and true liberation is precisely the Tathāgata. Furthermore, liberation is called 'unseizable.' Just as an āmalaka fruit can be grasped and held by a person, liberation is not like that; it cannot be grasped or held. What cannot be grasped or held is true liberation, and true liberation is precisely the Tathāgata. Furthermore, liberation is called 'ungraspable.' For example, just as an illusory object cannot be held fast, liberation is also like this; it cannot be held fast. What cannot be held fast is true liberation, and true liberation is precisely the Tathāgata. Furthermore, liberation has no body. For example, just as someone whose body produces sores, leprosy, carbuncles, ulcers, madness, and emaciation, in true liberation there are no such illnesses. Having no such illnesses is an analogy for true liberation, and true liberation is precisely the Tathāgata. Furthermore, liberation is called 'one taste.' Just as milk is of one taste, liberation is also like this: it has only one taste. Such a single taste is true liberation, and true liberation is precisely the Tathāgata. Furthermore, liberation is called 'pure.' Just as water without mud is clear, still, and pure, liberation is also like this: clear, still, and pure. What is clear, still, and pure is true liberation, and true liberation is precisely the Tathāgata. Furthermore, liberation is called 'one taste.' Just as rain falling from the sky is of one taste and pure, being of one taste and pure is an analogy for true liberation. True liberation is precisely the Tathāgata. Furthermore, liberation is called 'elimination.' For example, just as the full moon is free from all obscuring clouds, liberation is also like this: free from all obscuring clouds. Being free from all obscuring clouds is true liberation, and true liberation is precisely the Tathāgata. Furthermore, liberation is called 'tranquil.' For example, just as when a person is cured of a fever, his body attains tranquility, liberation is also like this: the body attains tranquility. When the body attains tranquility, that is true liberation, and true liberation is precisely the Tathāgata. Furthermore, liberation is equality. For example, just as wildcats, venomous snakes, and weasels all have the intention to kill, liberation is not like that: it has no intention to kill. Having no intention to kill is true liberation, and true liberation is precisely the Tathāgata. Furthermore, 'equality' is like parents having an equal mind toward their children; liberation is also like this: its mind is equal. An equal mind is true liberation, and true liberation is precisely the Tathāgata. Furthermore, liberation has no other place. For example, just as someone who resides only in a superior, wonderful, and pure house and in no other place, liberation is also like this: it has no other place. Having no other place is true liberation, and true liberation is precisely the Tathāgata. Furthermore, liberation is called 'contentment.' For example, just as a hungry person who encounters sweet delicacies eats without satiety, liberation is not like that; it is like having eaten milk gruel and needing nothing further. Needing nothing further is an analogy for true liberation, and true liberation is precisely the Tathāgata. Furthermore, liberation is called 'severance.' Just as a person who is bound severs the bonds and attains release, liberation is also like this: it severs all bonds of doubt. Such severance of doubt is true liberation, and true liberation is precisely the Tathāgata. Furthermore, liberation is called 'reaching the other shore.' For example, just as the great ocean has this shore and the other shore, liberation is not like that: although it has no 'this shore,' it has the other shore. Having the other shore is true liberation, and true liberation is precisely the Tathāgata. Furthermore, liberation is called 'silence.' For example, just as the great ocean when its waters surge has many sounds, liberation is not like that. Such liberation is precisely the Tathāgata. Furthermore, liberation is called 'delicious.' For example, just as among medicines, when harītakī is mixed in, its taste is bitter, liberation is not like that; its taste is like amṛta. A taste like amṛta is an analogy for true liberation, and true liberation is precisely the Tathāgata. Furthermore, liberation eliminates all kleśas. For example, just as a good physician blends various medicines and skillfully cures many illnesses, liberation is also like this: it can eliminate kleśas. Eliminating kleśas is true liberation, and true liberation is precisely the Tathāgata. Furthermore, liberation is called 'unconfined.' For example, just as a small house cannot accommodate many people, liberation is not like that: it accommodates much. Accommodating much is true liberation, and true liberation is precisely the Tathāgata. Furthermore, liberation is called 'extinguishing all desires' and is unmixed with sexual desire. For example, just as women have many desires and lusts, liberation is not like that. Such liberation is precisely the Tathāgata. The Tathāgata is like this: free from the fetters of desire, anger, delusion, arrogance, and the like. Furthermore, liberation is called 'free from craving.' Craving is of two kinds: the first is pretalike craving, and the second is Dharma-craving. True liberation is free from pretalike craving, and because it has pity for sentient beings, it possesses Dharma-craving. Such Dharma-craving is true liberation, and true liberation... > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 31.2.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2016.31.2.3) - [Next: 31.2.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2016.31.2.5) - [Up: 31.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2016.31.2) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2016~en-mt.31.2.4) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2016.31.2.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2016.31.2.4) · Pramāṇa