宗鏡錄 94.17

94.17

集福德三昧經云。如瑠璃寶器。隨所在處。不失其性。如是若有菩薩住是三昧。雖在家。當說是人。名為出家。能不失是法界體性。釋曰。是以悟心方能得道。見性是名出家。若見性。則在家出家。若不見性。則出家在家。故阿難未見性前。自懺悔言。我身雖出家。心不入道。

The Puṇyasaṃgrahadharma-samādhi-sūtra says: “Like a lapis lazuli vessel, wherever it may be, it does not lose its nature. Likewise, if a bodhisattva abides in this samādhi, though remaining at home, such a person should be said to have gone forth from home, because he is able not to lose the essential nature of this dharmadhātu.” Explanation: Therefore, only by awakening to the citta can one attain the Way; seeing the nature is termed “going forth from home.” If one sees the nature, then remaining at home is going forth from home; if one does not see the nature, then going forth from home is remaining at home. Thus, before seeing the nature, Ānanda repented himself, saying: “Though my body went forth from home, my citta did not enter the Way.”