宗鏡錄 56.6

56.6

Answer: The characteristic and the objective realm cannot be distinguished; they are of one substance without difference. One should know that this is stated in terms of the meaning of the karma-characteristic (karmalakṣaṇa) of the ālayavijñāna, because the mind-king and the mental factors do not divide into grasper and grasped. Next, it is divided into two in terms of the darśanabhāga and the nimittabhāga of the fundamental consciousness. The characteristic of being able to see is the transforming characteristic (pravṛttilakṣaṇa). Relying on the preceding karma-characteristic, it transforms into that which is able to see; therefore it is said: "Because it relies on movement, it is able to see." If one relies on the approach of the quiescent nature, then there is no ability to see; hence it is said: "If there is no movement, there is no seeing," which inversely reveals the principle that the mind that is able to see must rely on movement. Although such a transforming characteristic has that which grasps, because the objective realm is subtle, it is not yet distinguished. As the *Saṃgraha* says: "Because the objective realm grasped by this consciousness is unknowable." Since the grasped object is unknowable, the meaning of the transforming characteristic of the fundamental consciousness is clarified in terms of that which grasps. Third, the characteristic of the objective realm is the manifesting consciousness (khyātivijñāna). Relying on the preceding transforming characteristic, it is able to manifest the objective realm; hence it is said: "Relying on seeing, the objective realm falsely appears." The *Laṅkāvatārasūtra* says: "Just as a clear mirror holds all forms and images, it appears in the locus of the manifesting consciousness; it is also like this." This manifesting characteristic must reside in the fundamental consciousness. These three subtle characteristics all arise from fundamental avidyā stirring the originally quiescent mind to form these three subtleties. Afterward, taking the objective realm as condition, the six coarse characteristics are produced, which are the consciousnesses that distinguish states of affairs. As a gāthā of the *Laṅkāvatārasūtra* says: "Stirred by the wind of the objective realm, various waves of consciousness arise."