[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) › [真心直說](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2019a) › 1.17 # 真心直說 1.17 真心直說 1.17 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [1.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2019a.1.17) 或曰。真心體用人人具有。何為聖凡不同耶。曰真心聖凡本同。凡夫妄心認物。失自淨性為此所隔。所以真心不得現前。但如暗中樹影地下流泉。有而不識耳。故經云。善男子。譬如清淨摩尼寶珠映於五色隨方各現。諸愚痴者見彼摩尼實有五色。善男子。圓覺淨性現於身心隨類各應。彼愚痴者說淨圓覺實有如是身心。自性亦復如是。肇論云。乾坤之內宇宙之間。中有一寶祕在形山。此乃真心在纏也。又慈恩云。法身本有諸佛共同。凡夫由妄覆有而不覺。煩惱纏裹得如來藏名。裴公云。終日圓覺而未嘗圓覺者凡夫也。故知真心雖在塵勞不為塵勞所染。如白玉投泥其色不改也。 > Someone asked: "Everyone possesses the essence and function of the true mind. Why, then, are sage and ordinary person not the same?" > It was answered: "The true mind is originally the same in sage and ordinary person. Ordinary people, with deluded minds, identify with objects and lose their own pure nature, being obstructed by this; hence the true mind cannot appear manifest. It is merely like shadows of trees in the dark or underground springs: existing, yet not recognized. Therefore a sūtra says: 'Good sons, it is like a pure maṇi jewel reflecting five colors, appearing variously according to direction. Fools see that maṇi as truly possessing the five colors. Good sons, the pure nature of perfect awakening appears in body and mind, responding respectively according to kind; those fools say that pure perfect awakening truly has such body and mind. The self-nature is also like this.' The Zhaolun says: 'Within heaven and earth, between the cosmic realms, in the midst there is a treasure, hidden within the mountain of form.' This is the true mind within entanglements. Furthermore, Ci'en said: 'The dharmakāya is originally possessed and shared by all buddhas. Ordinary people, because deluded concealment exists, are unawakened; wrapped in afflictions, it obtains the name tathāgatagarbha.' Lord Pei said: 'One who all day long is perfectly awakened yet has never been awakened is an ordinary person.' Therefore, one knows that although the true mind is within defilements, it is not defiled by defilements, just as white jade cast into mud does not change its color." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 1.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2019a.1.16) - [Next: 1.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2019a.1.18) - [Up: 1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2019a.1) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2019a~en-mt.1.17) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (1) - [大方廣圓覺修多羅了義經略疏](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1795.1.736) — Classical Chinese --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2019a.1.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2019a.1.17) · Pramāṇa