宗鏡錄 69.13

69.13

Answer: The characteristic of experiencing is the characteristic of sensation. Due to this sensation, one experiences the various maturation [results] obtained from pure and impure karma: if it is pure karma, one experiences pleasurable maturation; if it is impure karma, one experiences painful maturation; if it is pure-and-impure karma, one experiences neither-painful-nor-pleasurable maturation. Why is this? Through pure and impure karma, the maturation ālayavijñāna is induced, which is always associated with equanimous sensation. Only this equanimous sensation is the real substance of maturation. The two sensations of pain and pleasure are produced from maturation, and therefore are metaphorically called maturation.