宗鏡錄 38.15

38.15

答。只以隨智差別故。舉一為主。餘皆為伴。猶如帝網舉一孔為首。眾孔現中。一孔既爾。一切孔現。亦如是。又如諸方菩薩。皆來證誠。同其名號。一切十方證誠。皆亦如是。所以成其無盡復無盡。而不失因果先後次第。而體無增減。故經云。一切眾生成佛。佛界不增。眾生界不減。九。唯心迴轉善成門。此約心說。一切義門無盡等。諸理事。並是如來藏性。清淨真心之所建立。顯現無礙。若善若惡。若凡若聖。隨心所轉。世尊。所說華嚴身。遍七處九會。乃至十方法界虛空界一切塵中毛道。皆不離最初成道處。經云。雖復七處九會。而不離寂滅道場。又云。不離菩提樹。而昇忉利天。此則萬境萬緣。皆不出一真心矣。如迴向品頌云。如是一切人中主。隨其所有諸境界。於一念中皆了悟。而亦不捨菩提行。又頌云。一切諸佛剎。佛子悉充遍。平等共一心。所作皆不空。一切毛端處。一時成正覺。如是等大願。無量無邊際。虛空與眾生。法界及涅槃。世間佛出興。佛智心境界。

Answer: It is simply because of following the differentiation of wisdom. Raising one as primary, the rest all become secondary. Just as in Indra's net, raising a single opening as the chief, the multiple openings appear within it; since a single opening is like this, the appearance of all openings is also like this. Furthermore, it is like the bodhisattvas of the various directions all coming to bear witness, sharing the same names; all witnesses throughout the ten directions are also like this. Therefore they establish what is inexhaustible upon inexhaustible, without losing the sequential order of cause and effect, and the substance is without increase or decrease. Hence the sūtra says: 'When all sentient beings become Buddhas, the realm of Buddhas does not increase, and the realm of sentient beings does not decrease.' Ninth is the door of the skillful establishment through the turning of mind-only. This is explained in terms of the mind. All inexhaustible doors of meaning and all principles and phenomena are established by the nature of the tathāgatagarbha, the pure true mind, manifesting without impediment. Whether good or evil, ordinary or sage, they turn according to the mind. The World-Honoured One's body of the *Avataṃsaka* spoken of pervades the seven locations and nine assemblies, up to all pores and hair-paths in all dust motes of the empty space of the dharmadhātu of the ten directions, yet never departs from the place where the Way was first realized. The sūtra says: 'Although there are seven locations and nine assemblies, he does not depart from the bodhimaṇḍa of quiet extinction.' And it says: 'Without departing from the Bodhi tree, he ascends to Trāyastriṃśa Heaven.' This means that the myriad realms and myriad conditions do not leave the one true mind. As a verse in the Chapter on Dedication of Merit says: 'All such lords among men, / in accordance with whatever realms they have, / fully awaken to them within a single thought-moment, / yet also do not abandon the practices of bodhi.' Another verse says: 'All Buddha lands / are completely filled by the Buddha's sons; / sharing the same one mind in equality, / all that they do is not in vain. / At all the tips of hairs, / they simultaneously realize right awakening; / such great vows / are immeasurable and boundless. / Space and sentient beings, / the dharmadhātu and nirvāṇa, / the arising of Buddhas in the world: / these are the mental realms of the Buddha's wisdom.'