[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) › 64.17 # 宗鏡錄 64.17 宗鏡錄 64.17 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [64.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2016.64.17) 答。若眾生見佛。是有漏轉識所變相分。等流色攝。若佛緣有情。是無漏智所變。定果色攝。識智雖殊。俱不出自心之境。並是增上緣力。互令心現。如義天鈔云。依大乘宗。通說。依於他身。及非情法。謂以自心緣他身時。不親緣彼。但緣自識所變相分。為親所緣。此相分色。雖託他。身本質而起。然非依彼他識而生。由自識中種子生故。故此相分等流色攝。是五塵色之流類故。託他為質。方變影像。是增上緣。此所變相分。從自種生。是因緣義。即顯自心緣得他身。得依現行處有。是於他身現行成就。以從自心種子生故。亦是依種建立。於得即種子成就也。以此理故。有情見佛色身之時。所緣佛身。唯是有漏自識變故。自種生故。等流色攝。緣佛所變淨土亦爾。若佛緣所化有情色身。及穢土時。所變相分。皆是無漏。無實有情離染等用。如鏡中像。全是明鏡。無漏定果色攝。亦是等流色收。是外五塵之流類故。佛識變故。無垢識中淨種生故。 > Answer: If sentient beings see the Buddha, this is an objective form (nimittabhāga) transformed by defiled evolving consciousness, subsumed under form of common outflow (niṣyanda-rūpa). If the Buddha takes sentient beings as object, it is transformed by undefiled wisdom, subsumed under form produced by meditative absorption. Although consciousness and wisdom differ, neither departs from the objects of their own minds; both, by the power of the sovereign condition, cause the other's mind to manifest. As the Yitian chao says: "Relying on the Mahāyāna school, it is generally stated with respect to other bodies and insentient phenomena: when one takes another's body as object with one's own mind, one does not directly take that other as object; one only takes the nimittabhāga transformed by one's own consciousness as the direct object of perception. Although this form that is the nimittabhāga arises by relying on the other's body as the substantive basis, it does not arise depending on that other's consciousness; because it arises from the seeds within one's own consciousness, this nimittabhāga is subsumed under form of common outflow, as it belongs to the same category as the forms of the five sense data. Relying on the other as the substantive basis, it then transforms the reflected image—this is the sovereign condition. That this transformed nimittabhāga arises from one's own seeds is the meaning of the cause condition. This demonstrates that one's own mind takes the other's body as object and possesses it relying on the locus of current activities; this is the establishment of current activity with respect to the other's body. Because it arises from the seeds of one's own mind, it is also established in dependence on seeds; in terms of attainment, this is the establishment of seeds. By this principle, when sentient beings see the Buddha's physical body, the Buddha's body taken as object is only transformed by defiled consciousness of one's own; because it arises from one's own seeds, it is subsumed under form of common outflow. Taking the pure land transformed by the Buddha as object is also like this. When the Buddha takes the physical bodies of sentient beings to be transformed and defiled lands as objects, the transformed nimittabhāga are all undefiled, lacking the functions of real sentient beings such as abandoning defilement. Like an image in a mirror, it is entirely the clear mirror; it is subsumed under undefiled form produced by meditative absorption and is also included under form of common outflow. This is because it belongs to the same category as the external five sense data, because it is transformed by the Buddha's consciousness, and because it arises from pure seeds within the immaculate consciousness." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 64.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2016.64.16) - [Next: 64.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2016.64.18) - [Up: 64](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2016.64) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2016~en-mt.64.17) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2016.64.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2016.64.17) · Pramāṇa