[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Buddhist Literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha) › [Taishō Tripiṭaka (Chinese Buddhist canon)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho) › [宗鏡錄](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2016) › 98.59 # 宗鏡錄 98.59 宗鏡錄 98.59 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [98.59](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2016.98.59) 大珠和尚云。心性無形。即是微妙法身。心性體空。即是虛空無邊身。示行莊嚴。即是功德法身。此法身是萬化之本。隨處立名。智用無盡。是無盡藏。問。何者是法身。答。心能生恒沙萬法。故號法家之身。經云。一念心塵中。演出恒沙偈。時人自不識。問。真法幻法。各有種性不答。佛法無種。應物而現。若心真也。一切皆真。若有一法不真。真義則不圓。若心幻也。一切皆幻。若有一法不是幻。幻法則有定。若心空也。一切皆空。若有一法不空。空義則不圓。迷時人逐法。悟罷法由人。森羅萬像。至空而極。百川眾流。至海而極。一切賢聖。至佛而極。十二部經。五部毘尼。四。圍陀論。至心而極。心是總持都院。萬法之原。亦是大智慧藏。無住涅槃。百千名號。皆是心之異名。 > Venerable Dazhu said: “The citta-nature is formless—this is precisely the subtle and wondrous dharmakāya. The substance of the citta-nature is empty—this is precisely the boundless space-body. Manifesting practice and adornment—this is precisely the dharmakāya of merit. This dharmakāya is the root of the myriad transformations; it is assigned names according to each occasion, and its wise function is inexhaustible—it is the inexhaustible treasury.” > Question: “What is the dharmakāya?” > Answer: “The citta can produce the myriad dharmas as numerous as the sands of the Ganges; therefore it is called the body of the family of dharmas. A sūtra says: ‘Within a single thought-dust of the mind, verses numerous as the sands of the Ganges are expounded, but people of the time do not know it themselves.’” > Question: “Do true dharmas and illusory dharmas each have their own gotra (disposition)?” > Answer: “The Buddhadharma has no gotra; it manifests in response to things. If the citta is true, all things are true. If there is a single dharma that is not true, the meaning of truth is not complete. If the citta is illusory, all things are illusory. If there is a single dharma that is not illusory, the law of illusion would be fixed. If the citta is empty, all things are empty. If there is a single dharma that is not empty, the meaning of emptiness is not complete. When deluded, person chases dharmas; once awakened, dharmas stem from person. The myriad phenomena reach their limit in emptiness; the hundreds of streams and myriad rivers reach their limit in the ocean; all worthy and holy ones reach their limit in the Buddha; the twelve divisions of sūtras, the five divisions of vinaya, and the four treatises of the Vedas reach their limit in the citta. The citta is the central precinct of dhāraṇī, the source of the myriad dharmas, and also the treasury of great wisdom, the unlocated nirvāṇa. The hundreds of thousands of different names are all alternative names for the citta.” > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 98.58](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2016.98.58) - [Next: 98.60](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2016.98.60) - [Up: 98](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2016.98) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2016~en-mt.98.59) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2016.98.59](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2016.98.59) · Pramāṇa