宗鏡錄 79.26

79.26

Question: People of the world mostly cling to the idea that sentient beings have movement and activity because they possess consciousness, while insentient beings do not move or act because they lack consciousness. Yet, for instance, mallows and sunflowers turn toward the sun; plantains sprout upon hearing thunder; orange trees flourish and bloom when receiving corpses; iron moves because of the lodestone; and also, yeast ferments wine and vinegar; fire scorches mountains and forests—these are all insentient, so why do they move and act?