宗鏡錄 80.5

80.5

答曰。如佛所化。及餘人所化。雖不實。而有種種形像別異。夢中所見種種亦如是。人見夢中好惡事。有生喜者。有生怖者。如鏡中像。雖無實事。而隨本形。像有好醜。諸法亦如是。雖空而各各有因緣。如佛此中說。於是化法中。有聲聞變化。有辟支佛變化。有菩薩變化。有佛變化。有煩惱變化。有業變化。又云。如化者。化主無定物。但以心生。便有所作。皆無有實。人身亦如是。本無所因。但從先世心。生今世身。皆無有實。以是故諸法如化。

The answer says: "Just as what the Buddha transforms and what other people transform, though unreal, have various different forms and characteristics; what is seen in dreams is also like this. When people see good or bad things in a dream, some give rise to joy, while others give rise to fear. Just like the images in a mirror, although there is no real matter, following the original form the images may be handsome or ugly. The myriad phenomena are also like this: although empty, each has its respective causes and conditions. As the Buddha said here: among these transformed phenomena, there are transformations by śrāvakas, transformations by pratyekabuddhas, transformations by bodhisattvas, transformations by Buddhas, transformations by afflictions, and transformations by karma." It also says: "As for those that are like transformations, the transforming master is not a fixed thing; merely through the arising of mind, something is created, all lacking reality. The human body is also like this: fundamentally it has no cause, but merely from the mind of past lives arises the body of this life, all lacking reality. Therefore, all phenomena are like transformations."