宗鏡錄 96.42

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如來示教勝軍王經云。大王當知。譬如男子。或諸女人。於其夢中。夢心所見。可愛園林。可愛山谷。可愛國邑。及諸異類。彼夢覺已。所見皆無。如是大王。國祚身命。虛偽無常。一切皆如夢之所見。故知夢中境界。覺時境界。唯心所見。更無有異。世人但信夢境是虛。例執晝境是實。是以大覺垂愍。說況比知。將所信之虛。破所信之實。令所信之實。同所信之虛。頓悟法空。皆入宗鏡。

The Sūtra of the Tathāgata's Instruction to King Prasenajit says: 'Great King, you should know: it is like a man or woman who, in a dream, sees with a dreaming citta lovely gardens, lovely valleys, lovely kingdoms, and various kinds of beings. When that dream is awakened from, all that was seen is non-existent. Just so, Great King, the state's fortune, body, and life are false and impermanent; all are like what is seen in a dream.' Hence we know that the realm within a dream and the realm when awake are seen solely by citta, without any difference. Worldly people merely believe that dream realms are unreal, while universally clinging to daytime realms as real. Therefore, the Great Awakened One, extending compassion, spoke analogies for them to know by comparison, using the unreal that they believe to shatter the real that they believe, causing the real that they believe to become identical with the unreal that they believe, so that they suddenly awaken to the emptiness of dharmas and all enter the mirror of the source.