宗鏡錄 99.40

99.40

法界觀序云。法界者。一切眾生身心之本體也。從本已來。靈明廓徹。廣大虛寂。唯一真之境而已。無有形貌。而森羅大千。無有邊際。而含容萬有。昭昭於心目之間。而相不可覩。晃晃於色塵之內。而理不可分。非徹法之慧目。離念之明智。不能見自心如此之靈通也。於是稱法界性。說華嚴經。令一切眾生自於身中。得見如來廣大智慧。而證法界也。乃至故佛身一毛端。則遍一切含一切也。世界爾。眾生爾。塵塵爾。念念爾。法法爾。無有一法定有自體而獨立者。

The Preface to the Contemplation of the Dharmadhātu states: 'The dharmadhātu is the fundamental substance of the body and mind of all sentient beings. From the origin onward, it has been spiritually luminous, thoroughly open, vast, empty, and tranquil—simply the realm of the one reality. It has no form or appearance, yet the great thousandfold [world] is arrayed within it; it has no boundaries, yet it contains the myriad existents. Manifest between the mind and eyes, its characteristics cannot be seen; resplendent within the dust of form, its principle cannot be divided. Without the eye of wisdom that penetrates phenomena and the luminous knowledge free from thoughts, one cannot see that one's own mind is so spiritually pervasive. Thereupon, matching the dharmadhātu-nature, the Avataṃsakasūtra was spoken, enabling all sentient beings to see within their own bodies the vast wisdom of the Tathāgata and realize the dharmadhātu. And so, even a single tip of a hair of the Buddha's body pervades all and contains all. Worlds are like this, sentient beings are like this, every speck of dust is like this, every thought-moment is like this, and every phenomenon is like this. There is not a single phenomenon that definitively possesses an intrinsic substance and stands independently.'