宗鏡錄 99.9

99.9

入大乘論云。若離眾生。則無有得菩提道者。從眾生界。出生一切諸佛菩提。如尊者龍樹所說偈云。不從虛空有。亦非地種生。但從煩惱中。而證成菩提。故知從心證道。不假他緣。能成無師自然之智。

The Mahāyānāvatāra states: "If one is separated from sentient beings, then there is no one who attains the path to bodhi. From the realm of sentient beings, the bodhi of all buddhas is brought forth. As stated in a verse by the Venerable Nāgārjuna: / 'It does not exist from empty space, / nor is it produced from the seed of the earth; / but from within the kleśas, / one realizes and accomplishes bodhi.' / Therefore we know that realizing the path from the mind does not depend on other conditions; it can accomplish the spontaneous wisdom that has no teacher."