[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) › 6.16 # 宗鏡錄 6.16 宗鏡錄 6.16 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [6.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2016.6.16) 答。一心之門。微妙難究。功德周備。理事圓通。知解罕窮。分別不及。目為無相。實無有法可稱無相之名。詺作無生。亦無有法以顯無生之理。發菩提心論云。菩薩觀一切善不善。我無我。實不實。空不空。世諦真諦。正定邪定。有為無為。有漏無漏。黑法白法。生死涅槃。如法界性。一相無相。此中無法可名無相。亦無有法以為無相。是則名為一切法印。不可壞印。於是印中。亦無印相。是名真實智慧。釋曰。一切法印者。以此心印。印一切法。楷定真實。不可壞印者。一切有無內外等法。不能破壞故。於此印中。亦無印相者。萬法皆空。亦無所印。所印之法既無。能印之智非有。如是通達。名為真實智慧。古德云。顧此法。眾生之本原。諸佛之所證。超一切理。離一切相。不可以言語智識。有無隱顯。推求而得。但心心相印。印印相契。使自證知。光明受用而已。 > Answer: The gate of the one mind is subtle and hard to fathom; its virtues are fully complete, and principle and phenomena are perfectly unobstructed. Conceptual knowledge rarely exhausts it, and discrimination cannot reach it. It is designated as 'signless,' yet in truth there is no dharma that can match the name of signlessness; it is called 'non-arising,' yet there is also no dharma by which to manifest the principle of non-arising. > > The Bodhicittotpādaśāstra states: 'A bodhisattva contemplates all good and not good, self and not-self, real and unreal, empty and not-empty, conventional truth and ultimate truth, right concentration and wrong concentration, conditioned and unconditioned, defiled and undefiled, dark dharmas and bright dharmas, saṃsāra and nirvāṇa, as being like the nature of the dharmadhātu, of one characteristic which is signless. Herein, no dharma can be named signless, nor is there any dharma that constitutes signlessness. This is called the seal of all dharmas, the indestructible seal. Within this seal, there is also no characteristic of a seal. This is called true wisdom.' > > The explanation says: 'The seal of all dharmas' means using this mind-seal to seal all dharmas, definitively establishing reality. 'The indestructible seal' means that all dharmas of existence, non-existence, internal, external, and so forth cannot destroy it. 'Within this seal, there is also no characteristic of a seal' means that the myriad dharmas are all empty, and there is also nothing that is sealed. Since the dharmas sealed do not exist, the wisdom that can seal is also not existent. Understanding thus is called true wisdom. > > An ancient worthy said: 'Consider this dharma: it is the original source of sentient beings and the realization of all Buddhas. It transcends all principles and departs from all characteristics. It cannot be sought and obtained through spoken words, conceptual knowledge, existence, non-existence, concealment, or manifestation. One merely has mind and mind sealing each other, seal and seal tallying together, bringing about self-realization, radiance, and experiential fruition, and that is all.' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 6.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2016.6.15) - [Next: 6.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2016.6.17) - [Up: 6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2016.6) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2016~en-mt.6.16) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2016.6.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2016.6.16) · Pramāṇa