宗鏡錄 84.10

84.10

Answer: In order to eliminate the grasping of outsiders and others who grasp at truly existent realms outside minds and mental factors, it is conventionally said that there is consciousness-only. The phrase 'consciousness-only' does not mean there is real consciousness. The Vijñaptimātratāsiddhiśāstra says: 'In order to eliminate the deluded grasping at truly existent realms outside minds and mental factors, it is said that there is consciousness-only. If one grasps that consciousness-only is truly existent, it is like grasping at external realms, which is also a grasping at dharmas. If grasping at dharmas does not arise, one then enters true emptiness.'