[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) › 86.7 # 宗鏡錄 86.7 宗鏡錄 86.7 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [86.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2016.86.7) 答。一心是總。諸法是別。別雖從總。事起千差。若不子細通明。遮照雙運。則理孤事寡。不入圓通。維摩經云。善能分別諸法相。於第一義而不動。台教云。於諸法門文義教海。須了非字非非字。雙照字非字。不可說。非不可說。不可見。非不可見。何所簡擇。何所不簡擇。何所攝。何所不攝。何所棄。何所不棄。是則俱是。非則悉非。能於墨色通達一切非。於一切非通達一切是。通達一切非。非非是。一切法邪。一切法正。若於墨色不如是解。則不知字與非字。如蟲食木。莫辯所歸。似鳥言空。何知旨趣。 > Answer: The one mind is the general; all phenomena are the particular. Although the particular arises from the general, phenomenal events arise in a thousand variations. If one does not clearly and thoroughly illuminate them in detail, exercising both concealing and illuminating, then the principle will be isolated and phenomena impoverished, failing to enter perfect penetration. The \*Vimalakīrtinirdeśa-sūtra\* says: "Skillfully able to distinguish the characteristics of all phenomena, yet remaining unmoving in the ultimate truth." The Tiantai teaching says: "Regarding the ocean of teachings of the texts and meanings of the various dharma-gates, one must understand that it is neither words nor non-words; illumine both words and non-words; it is inexpressible, yet not inexpressible; invisible, yet not invisible. What is there to select? What is there not to select? What is there to subsume? What is there not to subsume? What is there to discard? What is there not to discard? If affirmed, all are affirmed; if negated, all are negated. Being able, in the black ink, to penetrate all negations, and in all negations to penetrate all affirmations; penetrating all negations, negation is not negation; all phenomena are errant, and all phenomena are correct. If one does not understand the black ink in this way, one does not know words and non-words—like an insect eating wood, unable to discern where it ends, or like a bird speaking of emptiness, how could it know the ultimate import?" > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 86.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2016.86.6) - [Next: 86.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2016.86.8) - [Up: 86](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2016.86) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2016~en-mt.86.7) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2016.86.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2016.86.7) · Pramāṇa