[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) › 32.15 # 宗鏡錄 32.15 宗鏡錄 32.15 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [32.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2016.32.15) 答。若執此性決定是自然者。應須現推有自然之理。且如本性。以何法為自體。如首楞嚴經云。佛告阿難。我今如是開示方便。真實告汝。汝猶未悟。惑為自然。自須甄明。有自然體。汝且觀此妙明見中。以何為自。此見為復以明為自。以暗為自。以空為自。以塞為自。阿難。若明為自。應不見暗。若復以空為自體者。應不見塞。如是乃至諸暗等相以為自者。則於明時。見性斷滅。云何見明。故知恒常之性。不逐緣生。若隨明暗幻化之法以為自體者。明暗等法緣散之時。此性應隨斷滅。 > Answer: If you grasp this nature as definitely spontaneous, you must be able to demonstrate presently that there is a principle of spontaneity. Now, as for the original nature, what phenomenon does it take as its self-substance? As the Śūraṅgamasūtra states, the Buddha told Ānanda: 'I have now given you such expedient explanations and spoken to you of the truth, yet you still have not awakened and mistakenly think it is spontaneous. You must clearly distinguish what spontaneous substance it has. Examine this wondrous, bright seeing: what does it take as its own self? Does this seeing take light as its self, or darkness as its self, or emptiness as its self, or obstruction as its self? Ānanda, if it took light as its self, it should not see darkness. If it took emptiness as its self-substance, it should not see obstruction. In this way, even if it took all the characteristics of darkness and so forth as its self, then at the time of light, the nature of seeing would be cut off and annihilated—how could it see light?' Hence we know that the eternal nature does not arise following conditions. If it took illusory dharmas like light and darkness as its self-substance, then when the conditions of light, darkness, and so forth dispersed, this nature should be cut off and annihilated accordingly. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 32.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2016.32.14) - [Next: 32.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2016.32.16) - [Up: 32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2016.32) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2016~en-mt.32.15) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2016.32.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2016.32.15) · Pramāṇa