宗鏡錄 96.2

96.2

菩薩處胎經云。譬如泉源陂池。五河駛流。各各有名。悉歸于海。便無本名。亦如須彌。峙立難動。雜色眾鳥。往依附山。皆同一色。便無本色。菩薩摩訶薩教化眾生。淨佛國土。亦復如是。眾生心識。所念不同。若干思想。能令一切至解脫門。想定意滅。便無本念。同一解脫。

The Pusa chutai jing says: 'For example, the springs, reservoirs, and pools, and the swift currents of the five rivers each have their own names, but when they all return to the sea, they no longer have their original names. It is also like Mount Sumeru standing firm and immovable: when birds of various colours come to depend upon the mountain, they all become of the same colour and no longer have their original colours. The bodhisattva-mahāsattvas transforming sentient beings and purifying Buddha lands are also like this. The thoughts in the minds and consciousnesses of sentient beings differ, having various thoughts; [the bodhisattvas] can cause all to reach the gate of liberation, so that conceptualisation is stabilised and consciousness is extinguished, whereupon they no longer have their original thoughts, sharing in the same liberation.'