宗鏡錄 96.41

96.41

無量義經云。佛告大莊嚴菩薩。有一法門。能令菩薩疾得菩提。世尊。是法門者。字號何等。其義云何。善男子。是一法門。名無量義。菩薩欲得修學無量義者。應當觀察一切諸法。自本來今。性相空寂。無大無小。無生無滅。非住非動。不進不退。猶如虛空。無有二法。而諸眾生虛妄橫計。是此是彼。是得是失。釋曰。是一法門名無量義者。即是一心門。能生無量義。以不守自性。隨緣成諸法。正隨緣時。亦不失自性。以眾生不了故。但隨起動之緣。不見寂滅之性。故於諸法。橫計有無。彼此得失。

The Anantanirdeśasūtra says: 'The Buddha told the Bodhisattva Mahāvyūha: "There is a dharma gate that enables bodhisattvas to attain bodhi quickly." / "World-Honoured One, what is the title of this dharma gate, and what is its meaning?" / "Good son, this single dharma gate is called Infinite Meanings. A bodhisattva wishing to cultivate and study Infinite Meanings should observe that all dharmas, from the beginning until now, are in nature and characteristic empty and tranquil, neither large nor small, neither arising nor ceasing, neither abiding nor moving, neither advancing nor retreating, just like empty space, without dual dharmas. Yet sentient beings falsely and arbitrarily calculate: 'This is this, this is that; this is gain, this is loss.'"' / Explanation: That this one dharma gate is named Infinite Meanings means that it is precisely the one mind gate, which can generate infinite meanings. Because it does not preserve its own nature, it accords with conditions to form all dharmas; at the very time it accords with conditions, it also does not lose its own nature. Because sentient beings do not understand, they merely follow the conditions of arising movement and fail to see the nature of tranquil cessation; thus, with respect to all dharmas, they arbitrarily calculate existence and non-existence, self and other, gain and loss.