宗鏡錄 94.46

94.46

The Viśeṣacinti-brahma-paripṛcchā-sūtra says: 'The noble ones have nothing to sever; ordinary people have nothing that arises. These two do not depart from the characteristic of the equality of the dharma-nature.'

Explanation: Because ordinary people are deluded and grasp at dharmas existing outside the mind, they falsely see dharmas arising. If noble ones clearly see that there are no dharmas outside the mind, there are no dharmas that can arise. Understanding that for ordinary people there is no arising, then for noble ones there is no severing; this is entering the non-dual dharma gate of the one mind. Hence it says 'these two do not depart from the characteristic of the equality of the dharma-nature', because not a single dharma exists outside the dharma-nature. As a verse in the Avataṃsaka-sūtra says:

'The dharma-nature is omnipresent in all places, / in all sentient beings and lands. / It is entirely present throughout the three times without remainder, / yet no form or characteristic can be found.'