宗鏡錄 59.9

59.9

Answer: That which is born from seeds is called real; that which is established based on others is called nominal. Mental dharmas are exclusively real existents. Among mental factors, the omnipresent and the specific-object [factors] are exclusively real existents; the remaining phenomena are either nominal or real. Although tathatā as the unconditioned does not itself arise from seeds, it is also called real, because it does not depend on others. Alternatively, the names and meanings of all phenomena are both nominal, and only the single unconditioned tathatā is nominal in name but real in substance, because it transcends verbal designation.