宗鏡錄 91.23

91.23

The answer says: 'All realms of objects are originally one mind, free from conceptual thoughts. Because sentient beings deludedly perceive realms of objects, their minds have delimitations; because they deludedly give rise to conceptual thoughts, which do not accord with the nature of dharmas, they cannot definitively comprehend them. The Buddhas, the Tathāgatas, are free from views and thoughts, pervading everywhere. Because their mind is real, it is the nature of all dharmas; its self-substance manifests and illuminates all deluded dharmas, possessing the great function of wisdom and immeasurable skillful means, and in accordance with what each sentient being ought to comprehend, it can reveal and teach the various meanings of the Dharma. Therefore, it obtains the name sarvākārajñatā.' The commentary explains: 'Because the mind is real, it is the nature of all dharmas. The Buddha's mind is free from thoughts and embodies the source of the one mind; because it is free from deluded thoughts, it is called a real mind. Because it embodies the one mind, it serves as the nature of all dharmas. This means that the Buddha's mind is the substance of all deluded dharmas, and all deluded dharmas are the marks of the Buddha's one mind. Marks appear in their own substance, and their own substance illuminates its marks. When comprehended like this, what difficulty could there be? Therefore, its self-substance can manifest and illuminate all deluded dharmas. This is the reason why by seeing nothing, there is nothing not seen.' The subcommentary says: 'Because internally one is deluded about the true principle, and consciousness externally perceives dusts, regarding objects of such measure, one cannot follow and know them in their various ways. Just as when a person moves their eyes, heaven and earth seem to tilt and sway, and so one cannot know them as they truly are.' From this we know that when the waves of the mind-ocean cease, the myriad images are simultaneously reflected; when waves rise in the clear pool, all objects become obscure.