宗鏡錄 52.44

52.44

答。其第八見分上所起無覆性相分。與能緣第七妄心遍計相分。密合一處。若是第七但自執妄起遍計有覆性假相分。為自內我。雖密合一處。亦不犯所執我中通二性過。如水中鹽味。但執是水。不執於鹽。水與鹽元不相離。

Answer: The nimittabhāga of non-obscured nature arisen on that eighth's darśanabhāga and the parikalpita-nimittabhāga of the apprehending seventh's deluded mind are fused together intimately in one place. If the seventh merely grasps for itself the falsely arisen, parikalpita, nominal nimittabhāga of obscured nature as its internal self, then even though they are fused intimately in one place, it does not commit the fault of the grasped self extending across two natures. Just as with the taste of salt in water, one merely grasps it as water and does not grasp the salt, yet water and salt are originally not separate from each other.