宗鏡錄 96.9

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96.9

A verse in the Dacheng liuzhuan zhuyou jing says: / 'All phenomena are merely provisional designations, / Established solely upon names. / Apart from the expressing words, / That which is expressed cannot be apprehended.' / Explanation: Hence we know that phenomena exist only nominally, established on account of names. Furthermore, names depend on words, and words depend on vitarka and vicāra. When the mind of vitarka and vicāra does not arise, both subject and object are entirely empty.

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