宗鏡錄 96.31

96.31

The *Mañjuśrīprajñāsūtra* says: 'The Buddha asked Mañjuśrī: "To how many Buddhas have you already made offerings?" / Mañjuśrī said: "I and all Buddhas are like illusory transformations; I see neither the offering nor the receiver." / The Buddha told Mañjuśrī: "Can it be that you now do not abide in the Buddha vehicle?" / Mañjuśrī said: "As I reflect upon it, I do not see a single dharma; how could I come to abide in the Buddha vehicle?" / The Buddha said: "Mañjuśrī, have you not attained the Buddha vehicle?" / Mañjuśrī said: "The Buddha vehicle exists in name only; it cannot be attained, nor can it be seen. How could I attain it?" / The Buddha said: "Mañjuśrī, have you attained unimpeded knowledge?" / Mañjuśrī said: "I myself am unimpeded; how could unimpededness attain unimpededness?" / The Buddha said: "Do you sit in the place of awakening?" / Mañjuśrī said: "All Tathāgatas do not sit in the place of awakening; how could I alone sit in the place of awakening? Why is this? Because all phenomena are presently seen to abide in the reality-limit." / Explanation: If one understands the reality-limit of the one mind, then nothing whatsoever can be attained. Within having nothing to attain, one is therefore able to accomplish boundless Buddha-works, because within each and every affair nothing departs from the reality-limit. If one understands in this way, it is not necessarily not sitting in the place of awakening—it is sitting in the place of awakening. At the very moment of sitting in the place of awakening, it is not sitting in the place of awakening. Why is this? Because the place of awakening and so forth do not transcend the reality-limit.