宗鏡錄 78.24

78.24

問。論唯有內心。實無外境者。如修十善業。受天堂樂。作五逆罪。受地獄苦。昇忉利。則五欲悅目。墮泥犁。則萬苦攢身。悅目有靈鳳翔鸞。作歡樂之事。攢身有鐵蛇銅狗。為逼惱之殃。明知非但內心。實有外境。

Question: In the treatises it is maintained that there is only the internal mind and no real external objects. However, when one cultivates the ten wholesome deeds, one experiences the pleasures of the heavens; when one commits the five deadly sins, one experiences the sufferings of hell. Ascending to Trāyastriṃśa, the five desires delight the eyes; falling into Avīci, ten thousand sufferings amass upon the body. To delight the eyes there are divine phoenixes and soaring luan birds making joyful affairs; to amass upon the body there are iron snakes and copper dogs causing oppressive and afflicting disasters. Clearly we know that there is not only the internal mind, but that external objects truly exist.