宗鏡錄 96.46

96.46

彌勒成佛經偈云。久念眾生苦。欲拔無由脫。今日證菩提。豁然無所有。釋曰。心識念念攀緣繫縛塵境。不得自在。即是眾生苦。若了境空無縛。內結不生。證會一心。根塵俱寂。即入性空法界。證無相菩提。所以法華三昧經云。無著無所依。無累心寂滅。本性如虛空。是名無上道。又法華經云。諸佛於此得阿耨多羅三藐三菩提。諸佛於此轉于法輪。諸佛於此而般涅槃。是以諸佛八相成道。菩薩四攝度生。自利利他。悉皆於此本性空中成辦。

A verse in the Maitreyavyākaraṇasūtra says: 'For long I contemplated the suffering of sentient beings, / wishing to pull them out, yet there was no way to free them. / Today, realizing bodhi, / broadly and open, there is nothing at all.' / Explanation: Thought after thought, the conscious mind攀 climbs conditions and is bound to dust realms, failing to attain ease and freedom; this is the suffering of sentient beings. If one understands that realms are empty and without bondage, inner fetters do not arise; realizing and meeting the one mind, sense faculties and dust are both stilled, and one immediately enters the dharmadhātu of empty nature and realizes markless bodhi. Therefore, the Saddharmapuṇḍarīkasamādhisūtra says: 'Without attachment and without reliance, / unburdened, the mind is tranquil and ceased; / the original nature is like empty space: / this is named the Unsurpassed Way.' Furthermore, the Saddharmapuṇḍarīkasūtra says: 'All buddhas here attain anuttarā samyaksaṃbodhi; all buddhas here turn the wheel of Dharma; all buddhas here enter parinirvāṇa.' Therefore, the buddhas' attaining the Way through the eight aspects and the bodhisattvas' delivering sentient beings through the four means of embracing—both benefiting oneself and benefiting others—are all accomplished within this emptiness of the original nature.