[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Buddhist Literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha) › [Taishō Tripiṭaka (Chinese Buddhist canon)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho) › [宗鏡錄](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2016) › 57.11 # 宗鏡錄 57.11 宗鏡錄 57.11 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [57.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2016.57.11) 答。如緣空華兔角一切無法時。心亦起故。何以。言緣無不生慮耶。故知有獨影境內心相分。此相分望見分。亦成所緣緣義。若無內心相分。其心即不生。唐三藏云。境非真慮起。證知唯有識。雖遍計所執相。雖即非真。而不無內心相分能牽生心故。由此四句分別。一無影有質。其心不生。二有影無質。其心得生。三影質俱有。心生可知。四影質俱無。心亦得起。即根本智。證真如是。唯識論云。有境牽生心。若真理為境。能牽生智心。若俗諦為境。能牽生識心。則未有無心境。曾無無境心。 > Answer: Because when one cognizes sky-flowers, rabbit horns, and all nonexistent dharmas, the mind also arises. Why then say that deliberation does not arise when taking nonexistence as an object? Therefore, we know that there is the nimittabhāga of the internal mind as a solitary mental image. With respect to the darśanabhāga, this nimittabhāga also constitutes the meaning of the object-condition. If there were no nimittabhāga of the internal mind, that mind would not arise. The Tang Tripiṭaka Master said: 'Though the object is not real, deliberation arises; this proves that there is only consciousness.' Although the imaginary characteristic is not real, it is not the case that there is no nimittabhāga of the internal mind capable of inducing and generating the mind. From this, there is a fourfold analysis: 1. If there is no image but there is external substance, the mind does not arise. 2. If there is an image but no external substance, the mind can arise. 3. If both image and substance are present, the arising of the mind is obvious. 4. If both image and substance are absent, the mind can also arise, which is precisely the fundamental wisdom realizing tathatā. The Treatise on Consciousness-Only says: 'An existent object induces and generates the mind.' If the ultimate principle serves as the object, it can induce and generate the mind of wisdom; if conventional truth serves as the object, it can induce and generate the mind of consciousness. Thus there has never been an object without mind, nor has there ever been a mind without an object. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 57.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2016.57.10) - [Next: 57.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2016.57.12) - [Up: 57](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2016.57) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2016~en-mt.57.11) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2016.57.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2016.57.11) · Pramāṇa