宗鏡錄 57.33

57.33

答。以識本是心所成故。故識無體。則是一心。何異境從識生。攝境歸識。若通而論之。則本是一心。心變為識。識變諸境。由是攝境歸識。攝識歸心也。

Answer: Because consciousness is fundamentally constituted by citta. Therefore, if consciousness lacks substance, it is simply the one mind. How is this different from objects being produced from consciousness, such that objects are gathered back into consciousness? If we discuss it comprehensively: fundamentally there is only the one mind; citta transforms into consciousness, and consciousness transforms into the various objects. For this reason, objects are gathered back into consciousness, and consciousness is gathered back into citta.