宗鏡錄 92.5

92.5

答。妄念執有前塵。作實知解。妙性不通。遂成差別。若無念之人。非是離念。但是即念無念。念無異相。雖有見聞。皆如幻化。又一念頓圓。常見十法界萬法中道之理。

Answer: Delusional thoughts grasp the external fields before them as existent and make them into real cognitive understandings, so that the wondrous nature is not penetrated and distinctions consequently arise. For a person without thought, it is not a matter of departing from thought; rather, it is just that thought itself is non-thought. Thoughts have no distinct characteristics. Although seeing and hearing take place, they are all like illusions. Furthermore, in a single thought [such a person] is suddenly complete, constantly seeing the principle of the Middle Way in all phenomena of the ten dharmadhātus.