緇門警訓 1.61

1.61

維摩云諸佛解脫當依眾生心行中求。何以故。晉華嚴云。心如工畫師。造種種五陰。一切世間中。無不從心造。如心佛亦爾。如佛眾生然。心佛及眾生。是三無差別。既為生佛之母。亦為依正之源。故楞嚴云。諸法所生唯心所現。一切因果世界微塵因心成體。欲言心有。如箜篌聲求不可見。欲言其無。如箜篌聲彈之亦響。不有不無妙在其中。故般舟云。諸佛從心得解脫。心者清淨名無垢。五道鮮潔不受色。有解此者大道成。遵此十門上行下傚不倦。終之則吾佛之教可延於後世。苟謂不然。祖道必喪。傾望後裔。覽而警焉。

Vimalakīrti said: "The liberation of all Buddhas should be sought within the mental activities of sentient beings." Why is this? The Jin translation of the Avataṃsaka Sūtra says: "The mind is like a master painter, creating the various five aggregates. Throughout all worlds, there is nothing that is not made from the mind. As the mind is, so is the Buddha; as the Buddha is, so are sentient beings. Mind, Buddha, and sentient beings—these three are without distinction." Since it is the mother of sentient beings and Buddhas, it is also the source of the dependent and primary [retributions]. Thus the Śūraṅgama Sūtra says: "All phenomena that arise are merely manifestations of the mind. All causes and effects, worlds, and dust motes take the mind as their substance." If one wishes to say the mind exists, it is like the sound of a harp: seek it, and it cannot be seen. If one wishes to say it does not exist, it is like the sound of a harp: pluck it, and it echoes. It neither exists nor does not exist; the subtle lies therein. Thus the Pratyutpanna Samādhi Sūtra says: "All Buddhas attain liberation from the mind. The mind is pure and named unstained. The five destinies are spotless and do not receive form. One who understands this accomplishes the Great Way." If one complies with these ten gates, those above practicing and those below emulating without weariness to the very end, then the teachings of our Buddha can be extended to future generations. If one considers it otherwise, the ancestral way will surely be lost. I earnestly hope descendants will read and take warning from this.