宗鏡錄 94.4

94.4

大般若經云。一切如來。同在一處。自性清淨無漏界攝。又云。三世諸佛住十方界。為諸有情宣說正法。無不皆用本性空為佛眼。離本性空。無別方便。釋曰。本性空者。即是自性清淨心。本性即自性。空。即清淨義。此心則凡聖本有。今古常然。眾生不知。諸佛因茲指授。含靈現具。祖師為此相傳。故云離此別無方便。

The Large Prajñāpāramitā Sūtra says: "All tathāgatas abide together in one place, subsumed by the inherently pure, undefiled realm." It also says: "The buddhas of the three periods of time abide in the realms of the ten directions to expound the true Dharma for all sentient beings; none fail to use original nature-emptiness as the buddha-eye. Apart from original nature-emptiness, there is no other expedient means." Explication: "Original nature-emptiness" is precisely the inherently pure citta. "Original nature" is svabhāva; "emptiness" means purity. This citta is originally possessed by both the ordinary and the sage; it has ever been so from antiquity to the present. Sentient beings do not know it, so the buddhas point it out and confer it because of this; sentient beings presently possess it, so the ancestral masters transmit it to one another on this account. Therefore it says that apart from this, there is no other expedient means.