宗鏡錄 37.27

37.27

答。此是不思議境界。非同情執。或存或泯。或總合。或俱離。不出一心而論舒卷。若存。非立心外之法。是存其全理之事。若泯。非壞全事之理。是泯其體外之見。則不礙心鏡而一味。不壞一味而心境。故華嚴經頌云。如來甚深境。其量等虛空。一切眾生入。而實無所入。

Answer: This is an inconceivable realm, not the same as emotional grasping. Whether preserved or extinguished, whether unified or mutually transcended, their expansion and contraction do not depart from the one mind. If preserved, it does not establish phenomena outside the citta; it is preserving phenomena that are entirely principle. If extinguished, it does not destroy principle that is entirely phenomena; it is extinguishing views outside substance. Thus, without obstructing the citta-mirror, they are of one taste; without destroying the single taste, there are citta and realm. Therefore the Avataṃsaka Sūtra verse says: / 'The Tathāgata's extremely profound realm / Has a measure equal to empty space. / All sentient beings enter it, / Yet in reality there is nothing entered.'