宗鏡錄 38.6

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38.6

Question: When the mind arises, it must rely on conditions. Does the mind possess the three thousand dharmas, do conditions possess them, do they possess them together, or do they possess them separately? If the mind possesses them, the mind arises without need for conditions. If conditions possess them, the possession by conditions has nothing to do with the mind. If they possess them together, before they are combined each lacks them; when combined, how could they exist? If they possess them separately, since it is detached from mind and detached from conditions, how could the mind suddenly possess them? When the four propositions are unattainable, how can it possess the three thousand dharmas?

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