宗鏡錄 94.3

94.3

夫所目宗鏡。大旨煥然。前雖問答決疑。猶慮難信。上根纔覽。頓入總持之門。中下雖觀。猶墮狐疑之地。今重為信力未深。纖疑不斷者。更引大乘經一百二十本。諸祖語一百二十本。賢聖集六十本。都三百本之微言。總一佛乘之真訓。可謂舉一字而攝無邊教海。立一理而收無盡真詮。一一標宗。同龍宮之遍覽。重重引證。若鷲嶺之親聞。普令眠雲立雪之人。坐參知識。遂使究理探玄之者。盡入圓宗。尋古佛之叢林。如臨皎日。履祖師之閫域。猶瞰淨天。大覺昭然。即肉眼而圓通佛眼。疑情豁爾。當凡心而顯現真心。可謂現知。指法界於掌內。便同親證。探妙旨於懷中。

Now, that which is termed the "Mirror of the Source" has its great purport shining brightly. Although doubts were resolved previously through question and answer, it was still feared that it would be difficult to believe. While those of superior faculties merely peruse it and immediately enter the gate of dhāraṇī, those of middling and lower faculties, though they observe it, still fall into the ground of fox-like doubts. Now, once again for those whose power of faith is not yet deep and whose subtle doubts remain unsevered, I shall further cite the subtle words from one hundred and twenty Mahāyāna sūtras, one hundred and twenty texts of patriarchal sayings, and sixty collections of the sages and worthies—three hundred works in all—synthesizing the true teachings of the One Buddha Vehicle. It can be said that by raising a single word, the boundless ocean of teachings is gathered; by establishing a single principle, the inexhaustible true expositions are subsumed. Citing each source is identical to an exhaustive viewing of the Dragon Palace; gathering successive layers of testimony is like hearing it directly at Vulture Peak. It universally causes those who sleep among the clouds and stand in the snow to sit and consult good spiritual friends; it subsequently leads those who investigate principles and explore the profound to enter completely into the Perfect Source. Seeking the groves of the ancient buddhas is like facing the blazing sun; treading the thresholds of the ancestral teachers is like gazing into the pristine sky. The Great Awakening is resplendent: right within the fleshly eye, the buddha-eye is completely realized; doubtful sentiments suddenly open up: right within the ordinary citta, the true mind is revealed. It may indeed be called immediate knowledge: pointing to the dharmadhātu within one's palm, it is forthwith identical to personal realization, finding the wondrous purport within one's bosom.