[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) › 78.41 # 宗鏡錄 78.41 宗鏡錄 78.41 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [78.41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2016.78.41) 答。所申譬況。皆為不信之人。假此發明。所以智不難喻。但求見道。證會自心。何用檢方便之詮。執圓常之理。此夢喻一法。證驗最親。識論答外難云。汝言夢中所見飲食飢飽。刀杖毒藥。如是等事。皆悉無用。寤時所見如是等事。皆悉有用。此義不然。頌云。如夢中無女。動身失不淨。如夢交會。漏失不淨。眾生如是。無始世來。虛妄受用色香味等外諸境界。皆亦如是。實無而成。 > Answer: The metaphors presented are all for the sake of those who lack faith, using this provisionally to illuminate \[the truth\]. Therefore, the wise do not find fault with the metaphor, but only seek to see the path and verify their own citta. What need is there to scrutinize the provisional expression and cling to the principle of the perfect and eternal? This single metaphor of a dream is the most immediate verification. The Vijñaptimātratāsiddhiśāstra answers an external objection: 'You say that the food, drink, hunger, satiation, swords, clubs, and poisons seen in a dream are all ineffective, whereas such things seen when awake are all effective. This argument is not correct. A verse says: / "Just as in a dream where there is no woman, / One moves one's body and emits impurity—" / As when dreaming of intercourse one discharges impurity, sentient beings are likewise: since beginningless time, the external objects such as form, sound, and fragrance that they falsely experience are all likewise so—they are accomplished though nonexistent in reality.' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 78.40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2016.78.40) - [Next: 78.42](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2016.78.42) - [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.78.41) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2016.78.41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2016.78.41) · Pramāṇa