宗鏡錄 78.24

78.24

Question: In the treatises it is maintained that there is only the internal mind and no real external objects. However, when one cultivates the ten wholesome deeds, one experiences the pleasures of the heavens; when one commits the five deadly sins, one experiences the sufferings of hell. Ascending to Trāyastriṃśa, the five desires delight the eyes; falling into Avīci, ten thousand sufferings amass upon the body. To delight the eyes there are divine phoenixes and soaring luan birds making joyful affairs; to amass upon the body there are iron snakes and copper dogs causing oppressive and afflicting disasters. Clearly we know that there is not only the internal mind, but that external objects truly exist.