宗鏡錄 75.10

75.10

Question: Consciousness is born from the body, and the body relies upon consciousness. When the sense faculties break down and consciousness migrates and departs, abandoning this old body to take on another physical form, what are the characteristics of the consciousness that departs and arrives? This principle is difficult to clarify, and the whole world is confused about it, like a treasure hidden in a storehouse that no one knows.