宗鏡錄 98.24

98.24

南泉和尚云。然燈佛道了也。若心想所思。出生諸法。虛假合集。彼皆不實。何以故。心尚無有。何所出生。若取諸法。猶如分別虛空。如人取聲。安置篋中。亦如吹網。欲令氣滿。又云。如今但會一如之理。直下修行。又云。但會無量劫來性不變。即是修行。

Venerable Nanquan said: "Dīpaṃkara Buddha already explained it. If whatever thoughts and reflections the mind conceives give rise to all dharmas, these are false and conventional collections, and none of them are real. Why? The mind itself does not even exist, so what could be produced? If one grasps at dharmas, it is like distinguishing empty space, or like someone capturing a sound and placing it in a box, or like blowing into a net hoping to fill it with air." He also said: "Nowadays, simply understand the principle of the one thusness and cultivate straight away." He also said: "Simply understanding that the nature has not changed throughout immeasurable kalpas is itself cultivation."