[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) › 6.22 # 宗鏡錄 6.22 宗鏡錄 6.22 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [6.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2016.6.22) 答。是心本性。非但心變。華嚴經云。知一切法。即心自性。成就慧身。不由他悟。法華經偈云。三千世界中。一切諸群萌。天人阿脩羅。地獄鬼畜生。如是諸色像。皆於身中現。即知心性遍一切處。所以四生九類。皆於自性身中現。以自真心。為一切萬有之性故。隨為色空。周遍法界。循業發現。果報不同。處異生。則業海浮沈生死相續。在諸聖。則法身圓滿。妙用無窮。隱顯雖殊。一性不動。 > Answer: They are the fundamental nature of citta, not merely transformed by citta. The Avataṃsakasūtra says: 'Knowing that all phenomena are the self-nature of citta, one accomplishes the body of wisdom without awakening through another.' A verse in the Lotus Sūtra says: 'Within the three-thousand-fold world, / all the multitudes of living beings— / gods, humans, asuras, / hell-beings, ghosts, and animals— / such forms and appearances as these / all appear within the body.' From this we know that the nature of citta pervades all places. Therefore, the four modes of birth and the nine categories all appear within the body of self-nature. Because one's own true citta is the nature of all the myriad existences, accordingly becoming matter and space, it completely pervades the dharmadhātu, manifesting in accordance with karma, with different retributions. Residing in ordinary beings, it floats and sinks in the sea of karma, with birth and death continuing unbroken; present in the sages, the dharmakāya is consummate and wondrous functions are inexhaustible. Although concealment and manifestation differ, the one nature does not move. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 6.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2016.6.21) - [Next: 6.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2016.6.23) - [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.6.22) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2016.6.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2016.6.22) · Pramāṇa