宗鏡錄 68.33

68.33

答。世俗可爾。勝義不然。以勝義中心言絕故。若於勝義心言絕者。云何數說心境是虛。為破實執。故且言虛。實執若除。虛亦不有。若實若虛。皆為遣執。依世俗說。非就勝義。勝義諦言。亦是假立。為翻世俗。非有定詮。

Answer: This may be so conventionally, but it is not so in the ultimate truth, because within the ultimate truth citta and speech are cut off. If in the ultimate truth citta and speech are cut off, why is it frequently said that citta and objects are false? It is in order to destroy attachment to reality that they are provisionally called false. If attachment to reality is removed, falsity also does not exist. Whether real or false, both serve to dispel attachments; they are stated relying on the conventional, not according to the ultimate truth. The words 'ultimate truth' are also a nominal designation, established to overturn the conventional, and are not a fixed referent.