[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) › 78.3 # 宗鏡錄 78.3 宗鏡錄 78.3 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [78.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2016.78.3) 答。覺體是一。隨用分多。用有淺深。覺無前後。如瓔珞經云。妙覺方稱寂照。等覺照寂。又覺有三義。一覺察。如睡夢覺。亦如人覺賊。賊無能為。妄即賊也。二覺照。即照理事也。亦如蓮華開。照見自心一真法界。恒沙性德。如其勝義。覺諸法故。三妙覺。即上二覺。離覺所覺。故為妙耳。非更別覺。故經云。無有佛涅槃。遠離覺所覺。又覺性無覺。即根本智。覺相歷然。即後得智。 > Answer: The substance of awareness is one; according to its functions it is divided into many. Functions have depth and shallowness, but awareness has no before or after. As the Yingluo jing says: 'Wonderful awareness is only designated when quietude illuminates; equal awareness illuminates quietude.' Furthermore, awareness has three meanings: First, awareness as inspection: like waking from a dream, or like a person discovering a thief—the thief can do nothing; delusion is the thief. Second, awareness as illumination: illuminating principle and phenomena; also like a lotus opening, illuminating and seeing the one true dharmadhātu of one's own mind and the nature's virtues as numerous as the sands of the Ganges, according with their supreme meaning to be aware of all dharmas. Third, wonderful awareness: that is, the above two awarenesses being free from that which is aware and that which is an object of awareness; hence it is wonderful, not a separate awareness. Therefore the sūtra says: 'There is no Buddha's nirvāṇa that is far removed from that which is aware and that which is an object of awareness.' Furthermore, the nature of awareness is devoid of awareness—this is the fundamental wisdom; the characteristics of awareness are distinctly apparent—this is the subsequent wisdom. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 78.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2016.78.2) - [Next: 78.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2016.78.4) - [Up: 78](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2016.78) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2016~en-mt.78.3) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2016.78.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2016.78.3) · Pramāṇa