宗鏡錄 97.55

97.55

法照禪師云。經云。三阿僧祇百千名號。皆是如來異名。即真心之別稱也。又經云。萬法不出一心。此義是也。夫縛從心縛。解從心解。縛解從心。不關餘事。出要之術。唯有觀心。乃至若舉一心門。一切唯一心。若一法非心。則是心外有。誰能在心外。別制一條者。

Chan Master Fazhao said: "A sūtra says: 'Hundreds of thousands of names through three asaṃkhyeya [kalpas] are all different names for the Tathāgata'—that is, alternative designations for the true citta. Another sūtra says: 'The ten thousand dharmas do not go beyond the one mind.' This is the meaning. Bondage binds from the citta, and liberation liberates from the citta. Bondage and liberation come from the citta and have nothing to do with other matters. The technique for the essentials of escape lies only in contemplating the citta. Furthermore, if one raises the gate of the one mind, everything is only the one mind. If a single dharma were not citta, then it would exist outside the citta. Who could establish a separate track outside the citta?"