宗鏡錄 50.21

50.21

答。法性無差。約相有異。雖然有異。互不相違。瑜伽論云。如諸心法。雖心法性無有差別。然相異故。於一身中一時俱轉。如是阿賴耶識。與諸轉識。於一身中一時俱轉。當知更互。亦不相違。如一瀑流。有多波浪。又如於一清淨鏡面。有多影像。一時而轉。互不相違。如是於一阿賴耶識。有多轉識一時俱轉。當知更互。亦不相違。又如一眼識。於一時間。於一事境。唯取一類無異色相。或於一時。頓取非一種種色相。及耳鼻舌身識。乃至分別意識。於一時間。或取一境相。或取非一種種境相。當知道理。亦不相違。並末那亦恒與阿賴耶識俱轉。常與俱生任運我慢等四種煩惱。一時相應。

Answer: The nature of phenomena has no differences; according to characteristics there are distinctions. Although there are distinctions, they do not contradict one another. The Yogācārabhūmiśāstra says: "Just as with various mental dharmas, although the nature of mental dharmas has no difference, yet because their characteristics differ, they operate simultaneously within a single body; in the same way, the ālayavijñāna and the evolving consciousnesses operate simultaneously within a single body, and you should know that they also do not contradict one another. Just as a rushing torrent has many waves, or just as on the surface of a single clear mirror many reflections appear at one time without contradicting one another, in the same way, within a single ālayavijñāna many evolving consciousnesses operate simultaneously, and you should know that they also do not contradict one another. Furthermore, just as a single eye-consciousness at one time, toward an objective realm of a single matter, grasps only one type of undifferentiated form-characteristic, or at one time suddenly grasps many various form-characteristics; and the ear-, nose-, tongue-, and body-consciousnesses, up to the conceptual manovijñāna, at one time grasp either the characteristic of a single realm or the characteristics of many diverse realms, you should know that the principle likewise does not contradict itself. Moreover, manas also always operates together with the ālayavijñāna, constantly associated at one time with the four kleśas such as innate, spontaneous self-pride."