[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) › [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2016~en-mt) › 18.7 # 宗鏡錄 18.7 English (machine translation) 18.7 - **Language:** English ### [18.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2016~en-mt.18.7) Answer: When the two vehicles see the real, it is merely the principle of emptiness; the principle of emptiness is not the dharmakāya, so it cannot establish the name of 'fundamental essence.' When bodhisattvas see the real, it is truly the dharmakāya; the dharmakāya is eternally present, hence it can separately establish the name of 'condition-aggregations of the fundamental essence.' Bodhisattvas may not yet know it, and because they do not yet know it, they must be subdued. Therefore, when the three kinds of condition-aggregations do not perish, the dharmakāya does not manifest. Furthermore, Master \[Hui\]yuan said: 'As for the meaning of condition-aggregation, it is fundamentally only of one kind, or divided into two when opened according to the real and the false. First, false condition-aggregation: the three realms are false and are made solely by the one mind, like what is seen in a dream is only the understanding of the false mind. Second, true condition-aggregation: all dharmas arise from the true citta, like what is seen in a dream is all produced by the recompense citta. Or, three are explained in terms of citta and consciousness: First, condition-aggregation in terms of phenomenal objects: all dharmas arise from their phenomenal-object consciousness. Second, false condition-aggregation: all dharmas arise from their false conditions. Third, true condition-aggregation: within the substance of the true consciousness, it possesses nature-virtues exceeding all the sands of the Ganges, which mutually aggregate together; hence it is called condition-aggregation. Furthermore, all dharmas arise from the true consciousness; hence the sūtra says: "If there were no tathāgatagarbha-consciousness, the seven consciousnesses would not abide, and one could not loathe suffering and joyfully seek nirvāṇa." Because of the tathāgatagarbha, all dharmas arise. Furthermore, three are explained in terms of the conditioned and the unconditioned: namely, first, conditioned condition-aggregation; second, unconditioned condition-aggregation; and third, condition-aggregation possessing both.' - [Previous: 18.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2016~en-mt.18.6) - [Next: 18.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2016~en-mt.18.8) - [Up: 18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2016~en-mt.18) ## Linked texts (1) - [宗鏡錄](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2016.18.7) — Classical Chinese --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2016~en-mt.18.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2016~en-mt.18.7) · Pramāṇa