[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) › 73.13 # 宗鏡錄 73.13 宗鏡錄 73.13 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [73.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2016.73.13) 答。遣依他起性。以此當知。唯識觀成。則無有識。楞伽經偈亦云。無心之心量。我說為心量。此之謂也。若依此論。無明動真如。成生滅緣起。無明風滅。識浪即止。唯是真如。平等平等也。此境界離心之外。無體可得也。又亦即是心故。復無體也。如鏡外無體。鏡內復無體也。疑云。既其無體。何以宛然顯現。釋云。並是真心之上。虛妄顯現。何處有體而可得也。疑云。何以知心上顯現。釋云。以心生則種種法生。以無明力。不覺心動。能現一切境界。則心隨熏動。故云生也。若無明滅。境界隨滅。諸分別識。皆滅無餘。故言心滅則種種法滅。此則心原還淨。故云滅也。既心隨不覺。妄現諸境。則驗諸境。唯。心無體也。又夫心者。形於未兆。動靜無不應於自心。如詩云。願言則啑願。思也。言。我也。謂人。或思已則啑。故知心應千里。設有處遠而思者。我皆知矣。是以萬事唯心先知。故得稱心靈。斯之謂也。如太山吳伯武。與弟相失二十餘年。相遇於市。仍共相敺。伯武覺心神悲慟。因問。乃兄弟也。 > Answer: One eliminates the paratantrasvabhāva (dependent nature). From this it should be known that when the contemplation of vijñaptimātra is perfected, there is no consciousness. The gāthā in the Laṅkāvatārasūtra also says: 'The measure of mind which is devoid of mind, I call the measure of mind'—this is what it means. If one relies on this treatise, avidyā moves tathatā to form the conditioned arising of production and cessation. When the wind of avidyā ceases, the waves of consciousness immediately stop, and there is solely tathatā, equal and uniform. Outside the citta, this realm has no substance that can be found. Furthermore, precisely because it is citta, it again has no substance. It is just as there is no substance outside the mirror, and likewise no substance inside the mirror. It may be doubted: 'Since it has no substance, why does it appear so clearly and distinctly?' The explanation is: All are unreal appearances falsely manifested upon the true mind; where could there be any substance that could be found? It may be doubted: 'How is it known that they manifest upon the citta?' The explanation is: When the citta arises, various dharmas arise. Through the power of avidyā, the citta unawares moves and is able to manifest all realms; then the citta moves in accordance with perfuming, and hence it is called "arising." If avidyā ceases, the realms cease accordingly, and all discriminating consciousnesses are extinguished without remainder; hence it is said that when the citta ceases, various dharmas cease. Here, the source of the citta returns to purity, and hence it is called "cessation." Since the citta, following non-awareness, falsely manifests various objects, it is thereby proven that all objects are only citta and have no substance. Furthermore, as for the citta, it takes shape before any omen; in movement and stillness there is nothing that does not respond to one's own citta. As the Book of Odes says: 'Wishing \[for someone\], one sneezes.' "Wishing" means thinking of; "speech" refers to oneself; it means that when someone thinks of oneself, one sneezes. Thus we know that the citta responds across a thousand li; if there is someone in a distant place thinking of me, I will know it. Therefore, regarding all things, only the citta knows beforehand; hence it can be called the "spiritual citta"—this is what it refers to. For example, Wu Bowu of Mount Tai was separated from his younger brother for more than twenty years. Meeting in the marketplace, they ended up coming to blows. Bowu felt grief and sorrow in his heart-spirit; upon inquiry, it turned out they were indeed brothers. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 73.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2016.73.12) - [Next: 73.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2016.73.14) - [Up: 73](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2016.73) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2016~en-mt.73.13) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (1) - [大乘起信論義記](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1846.2.285) — Classical Chinese --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2016.73.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2016.73.13) · Pramāṇa