宗鏡錄 72.17

English (machine translation) 72.17

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72.17

Answer: When it previously ceased, it had already provided opening and guidance for the present consciousness. The meaning is: when that preceding consciousness-king was about to cease, it had the power and function to lead the succeeding moment to arise; having performed this function, it then ceased. Thus, the present single moment having the function of setting into motion the succeeding [moment] is taken as the dharma-essence; it does not take past, already ceased dharmas devoid of entity as the basis.

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