宗鏡錄 38.6

38.6

問。心起必託緣。為心具三千法。為緣具。為共具。為離具。若心具者。心起不用緣。若緣具者。緣具不關心。若共具者。未共各無。共時安有。若離具者。既離心離緣。那忽心具。四句尚不可得。云何具三千法耶。

Question: When the mind arises, it must rely on conditions. Does the mind possess the three thousand dharmas, do conditions possess them, do they possess them together, or do they possess them separately? If the mind possesses them, the mind arises without need for conditions. If conditions possess them, the possession by conditions has nothing to do with the mind. If they possess them together, before they are combined each lacks them; when combined, how could they exist? If they possess them separately, since it is detached from mind and detached from conditions, how could the mind suddenly possess them? When the four propositions are unattainable, how can it possess the three thousand dharmas?