宗鏡錄 99.22

99.22

法性論云。蓋聞之先覺曰。體空入寂。莫先於見法。尋法窮原。莫妙於得性。得性則照本。照本則達自然。達自然見緣起。見緣起斯見法也。將窮其原。必存其要。要而在用者。其唯心法乎。心法者。神明之營魄。精識之丹譽。其運轉也。彌綸於萬行。其感物也。會通於群數。統極而言。則無不在矣。

The Faxing lun says: “Indeed, we have heard from former awakened ones: ‘To embody emptiness and enter stillness, nothing takes precedence over seeing phenomena. In tracing phenomena to exhaust their source, nothing is more wondrous than attaining their nature.’ Attaining the nature, one illuminates the root; illuminating the root, one penetrates what is naturally so; penetrating what is naturally so, one sees dependent origination; seeing dependent origination, one thereby sees phenomena. Wishing to exhaust that source, one must preserve what is essential. As for what is essential and resides in function, is it not solely the phenomena of the mind? The phenomena of the mind are the animating spirit of consciousness, the quintessential illumination of pure awareness. Its operation embraces the myriad practices; its response to things accords with all categories. To speak of it comprehensively to the utmost, there is nothing where it is not.”