宗鏡錄 5.15

5.15

Answer: When delusion ceases and citta is empty, true knowing manifests of itself. If one engages in calculation, it only increases the deluded mind. Simply at the moment of marvelous awakening, all conditions naturally come to an end. As an ancient Buddha's verse on awakening to the Way says:
"Due to a star, awakening was seen;
Awakening done, it is not the star.
Not pursuing objects,
Yet not insentient."
Also, the Baozang lun says: "Neither existing nor empty, it is the ancestor of the ten thousand things. Neither empty nor existing, it is the mother of the ten thousand things. It emerges without direction and enters without location. It encompasses the myriad existences yet does not act as their scholar; it responds and transforms in ten thousand manners yet does not act as their master. The nature of the Way being like this, how could it be measured? At the time of seeing the nature, it is naturally revealed." Therefore, an ancient verse says:
"When delusion ceases, stillness arises;
When stillness arises, knowing manifests.
When knowing arises, stillness is abandoned;
Clearly and distinctly, there is only true seeing."
Also, the Xinxin ming says: "The previous limit is like space; knowing its location is entirely the ancestor. Clearly reflecting the realm, along with the reflection it becomes dark and obscure. If the one mind has an obstruction, the ten thousand dharmas will not penetrate. Coming and going are naturally so; there is no need to investigate them thoroughly."