宗鏡錄 94.35

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94.35

The Ratnolkāsūtra says: 'At that time the World-Honoured One addressed the Brahma King Wonderful Voice: "Why do you not look away even for a moment, and contemplate me even in signlessness? Good son, is there any phenomenon that could be called 'Buddha'? Is there any thing that could be called 'name'?"' / Exegesis: Hence we know that name and substance are both empty, and the wondrous purport lies herein. Therefore it is by abandoning contemplation that one truly sees the Tathāgata. Contemplations of existence and non-existence are all false. Without entering the mirror of the source, how could one discern the true Buddha?

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