宗鏡錄 74.7

74.7

答。既非一而非是異。即亦可壞而不可壞。起信論云。一切心識相。即是無明相。與本覺非一非異。非是可壞。非不可壞。如海水與波。非一非異。波因風動。非水性動。若風止時。波動即滅。非水性滅。眾生亦爾。自性清淨心。因無明風動。起識波浪。如是三事。皆無形相。非一非異。然性淨心。是動識本。無明滅時。動識隨滅。智性不壞。根本無明滅者。是合風滅。相續即滅者。業識等滅。合動相滅也。智性不壞者。隨染本覺神解之性。名為智性。是合濕性不壞。

Answer: Since they are neither one nor different, they are also destructible yet indestructible. The Awakening of Faith says: 'All characteristics of citta and consciousness are characteristics of avidyā, and are neither one with nor different from original awakening; they are neither destructible nor indestructible. Just as the seawater and its waves are neither one nor different—the waves move because of the wind, but the nature of the water does not move; when the wind ceases, the motion of the waves is extinguished, but the nature of the water is not extinguished—sentient beings are also like this. The intrinsically pure mind is moved by the wind of avidyā, stirring up waves of consciousness. These three matters are all without physical form and are neither one nor different. Yet the naturally pure mind is the basis of the moving consciousness. When avidyā is extinguished, the moving consciousness is extinguished along with it, but the nature of wisdom is not destroyed.' 'The fundamental avidyā is extinguished' corresponds to the wind ceasing. 'Continuity is extinguished' means the karmic consciousness and so forth are extinguished, corresponding to the cessation of the characteristic of motion. 'The nature of wisdom is not destroyed' means that the nature of spiritual discernment of the defiled original awakening is called the nature of wisdom, which corresponds to the nature of wetness not being destroyed.