宗鏡錄 94.46

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思益經云。聖人無所斷。凡夫無所生。是二不出法性平等之相。釋曰。以凡夫迷執心外有法。妄見法生。若聖人明見心外無法。無法可生。了凡無生。即聖無斷。則是入一心不二法門。故云不出法性平等之相。以無有一法出法性外故。如華嚴經頌云。法性遍在一切處。一切眾生及國土。三世悉在無有餘。亦無形相而可得。

The Viśeṣacinti-brahma-paripṛcchā-sūtra says: 'The noble ones have nothing to sever; ordinary people have nothing that arises. These two do not depart from the characteristic of the equality of the dharma-nature.'

Explanation: Because ordinary people are deluded and grasp at dharmas existing outside the mind, they falsely see dharmas arising. If noble ones clearly see that there are no dharmas outside the mind, there are no dharmas that can arise. Understanding that for ordinary people there is no arising, then for noble ones there is no severing; this is entering the non-dual dharma gate of the one mind. Hence it says 'these two do not depart from the characteristic of the equality of the dharma-nature', because not a single dharma exists outside the dharma-nature. As a verse in the Avataṃsaka-sūtra says:

'The dharma-nature is omnipresent in all places, / in all sentient beings and lands. / It is entirely present throughout the three times without remainder, / yet no form or characteristic can be found.'