[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Buddhist Literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha) › [Taishō Tripiṭaka (Chinese Buddhist canon)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho) › [宗鏡錄](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2016) › [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2016~en-mt) › 80.5 # 宗鏡錄 80.5 English (machine translation) 80.5 - **Language:** English ### [80.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2016~en-mt.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." - [Previous: 80.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2016~en-mt.80.4) - [Next: 80.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2016~en-mt.80.6) - [Up: 80](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2016~en-mt.80) ## Linked texts (1) - [宗鏡錄](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2016.80.5) — Classical Chinese --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2016~en-mt.80.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2016~en-mt.80.5) · Pramāṇa