宗鏡錄 80.5

80.5

The answer says: "Just as what the Buddha transforms and what other people transform, though unreal, have various different forms and characteristics; what is seen in dreams is also like this. When people see good or bad things in a dream, some give rise to joy, while others give rise to fear. Just like the images in a mirror, although there is no real matter, following the original form the images may be handsome or ugly. The myriad phenomena are also like this: although empty, each has its respective causes and conditions. As the Buddha said here: among these transformed phenomena, there are transformations by śrāvakas, transformations by pratyekabuddhas, transformations by bodhisattvas, transformations by Buddhas, transformations by afflictions, and transformations by karma." It also says: "As for those that are like transformations, the transforming master is not a fixed thing; merely through the arising of mind, something is created, all lacking reality. The human body is also like this: fundamentally it has no cause, but merely from the mind of past lives arises the body of this life, all lacking reality. Therefore, all phenomena are like transformations."