宗鏡錄 71.11

71.11

答。但望自親相分為親所緣緣。非望空華也。若是空華等。但於相分上。妄執生華解。其體是無。若所變相分。其體是有。得成所緣緣。

Answer: It is an immediate object-condition only in relation to its own immediate nimittabhāga, not in relation to the sky-flower. If it is the sky-flower and the like, it is merely that upon the nimittabhāga one falsely clings to the understanding of a flower arising; its substance is non-existent. But as for the transformed nimittabhāga, its substance is existent and can constitute an object-condition.