宗鏡錄 66.25

66.25

問。或言有我。由迷似生。非實有者。何不迷他為自。今既以自為自。不得為他。以他為他。不得為自者。故知自他實有。非由計生也。又但是迷心。非實有者。何不於水迷見為火。於火迷見於水。故知水火實有。不是迷生也。

Question: 'Some say that the existence of a self arises from delusion regarding a semblance and is not a real existent. Why then do we not mistake another for oneself? Now, since we take oneself as oneself and cannot take it as another, and take another as another and cannot take it as oneself, know therefore that self and other are real existents and do not arise from conceptualization. Furthermore, if it is merely a deluded mind and not a real existent, why do we not in delusion see water as fire or see fire as water? Therefore, know that water and fire are real existents and do not arise from delusion.'