[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) › 94.4 # 宗鏡錄 94.4 English (machine translation) 94.4 - **Language:** English ### [94.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2016~en-mt.94.4) The Large Prajñāpāramitā Sūtra says: "All tathāgatas abide together in one place, subsumed by the inherently pure, undefiled realm." It also says: "The buddhas of the three periods of time abide in the realms of the ten directions to expound the true Dharma for all sentient beings; none fail to use original nature-emptiness as the buddha-eye. Apart from original nature-emptiness, there is no other expedient means." Explication: "Original nature-emptiness" is precisely the inherently pure citta. "Original nature" is svabhāva; "emptiness" means purity. This citta is originally possessed by both the ordinary and the sage; it has ever been so from antiquity to the present. Sentient beings do not know it, so the buddhas point it out and confer it because of this; sentient beings presently possess it, so the ancestral masters transmit it to one another on this account. Therefore it says that apart from this, there is no other expedient means. - [Previous: 94.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2016~en-mt.94.3) - [Next: 94.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2016~en-mt.94.5) - [Up: 94](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2016~en-mt.94) ## Linked texts (1) - [宗鏡錄](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2016.94.4) — Classical Chinese --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2016~en-mt.94.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2016~en-mt.94.4) · Pramāṇa