宗鏡錄 28.2.7

28.2.7

they are all the defiled minds. It also says: 'The perfectly interfused lands, the oceans of differentiated worlds, and all such diverse realms are not outside the mind. Here within the chest of the lion, the five flower treasuries mutually cross and enter, ten layers upon ten layers, ten inexhaustibles; proceeding forward and backward they form ten flower treasuries, just as the Indra's net mutually reflects images.' It also says: 'The five flower treasuries: being more, they do not exceed six; being fewer, they are not less than four. All five divisions may be understood accordingly. The class of eight-five characteristics is also like this. The five flower treasuries are the five-coloured lotuses: first, the white lotus; second, the red lotus; third, the blue-green lotus; fourth, the yellow lotus; fifth, the black lotus. These five lotuses all arise from the forbearance of the non-arising of dharmas, born from the womb-treasury of great compassion. The colour and form of these flowers are the great lotuses of five colours within the chest of the lion; this is what the sūtra speaks of as the land of the lion's supreme characteristics.' First, explaining the colours and characteristics according to the worldly five elements and directions: first, the lung flower has three petals, is white, and resembles a half-moon; second, the heart flower is red, and has three corners; third, the liver flower has eight petals, is blue-green, and is endowed with five colours; fourth, the spleen flower has one petal, is yellow, and has four corners; fifth, the kidney flower has eight petals, and is black. Second, according to the five great elements: first, wind is black and resembles a half-moon; second, fire is red and triangular; third, space is blue-green and endowed with the five [colours]; fourth, earth is yellow and square; fifth, water is white and circular.