宗鏡錄 94.8

94.8

大集經云。云何菩薩修心念處。觀是心性。不見內入心。不見外入心。不見內外入心。不見陰中心。不見界中心。既不見已。作是思惟。如是心緣。為異不異。若心異緣。則一時中。應有二心。若心即緣。不應復能觀於自心。猶如指端。不能自觸。心亦如是。作是觀已。見心無住。無常變異。所緣處滅。又云。不見一法。一法相貌。一法光明。若如是見。是名佛法之正見。

The Mahāsaṃnipāta Sūtra says: "How does a bodhisattva cultivate the foundation of mindfulness on citta? One contemplates this citta-nature: one does not see a citta in the internal āyatanas; one does not see a citta in the external āyatanas; one does not see a citta in both the internal and external āyatanas; one does not see a citta within the skandhas; one does not see a citta within the dhātus. Having not seen it, one reflects thus: 'Is such a citta different or not different from its conditions? If citta is different from its conditions, then at one time there would be two cittas. If citta is identical with its conditions, it should not be able to contemplate its own citta, just as a fingertip cannot touch itself; citta is also like this.' Having made this contemplation, one sees that citta has no abiding, is impermanent and changing, and the place of its condition ceases." It also says: "Not seeing a single phenomenon, not seeing the appearance of a single phenomenon, not seeing the radiance of a single phenomenon—if one sees thus, it is called the right view of the Buddha-Dharma."