宗鏡錄 88.9

88.9

答。亦有識不緣境而生。如夢及過去未來等。無實攀緣。即自攀緣。如境像及定境。謂自心為境而攀緣。若義有自性為境。則無無分別智。此智若有。有佛果可得。

Answer: There are also consciousnesses that arise without conditioning [external] objects. As in dreams and [memories of] the past and future, there is no real object conditioned, but consciousness conditions itself; as in mirror reflections and meditative objects, it takes its own citta as the object and conditions it. If referents had intrinsic nature as objects, then there would be no non-conceptual wisdom. If this wisdom exists, then there is the fruit of Buddhahood to be attained.