宗鏡錄 99.11

99.11

佛地論云。現見虛空。雖與種種色相相應。而無諸色種種相故。如煙霧等共相應故。有時見空有種種相。由虛妄分別力故。但見煙等有種種相。非見虛空。以虛空性。不可見故。乃至心淨法界。離名言故。一切名言。皆用分別所起為境。然諸法教。亦不唐捐。是證法界展轉因故。如見字書。解所說義。由此法教。是諸如來大悲所流。能展轉說。離言說義。如以眾彩。彩畫虛空。甚為希有。若以言說。說離言義。復過於彼。

The Buddhabhūmiśāstra states: "Although space is visibly seen to be associated with various forms, it lacks the various characteristics of those forms. Because it is associated with smoke, mist, and the like, at times space is seen to have various characteristics. Through the power of false discrimination, one merely sees that smoke and the like have various characteristics; it is not that one sees space, because the nature of space cannot be seen. Up to: the mind-purified dharmadhātu is free from name and speech, because all names and words take what is arisen from discrimination as their object. However, the teachings of the Dharma are also not in vain, because they are the indirect causes for realizing the dharmadhātu. Just as seeing written characters leads to understanding the meaning spoken of, because these teachings of the Dharma flow forth from the great compassion of the tathāgatas, they can indirectly express the meaning that is free from words. Just as painting space with various colors is extremely rare, expressing the meaning that is free from words by means of words surpasses even that."