續傳燈錄 28.74

28.74

上曰。前日唾夢中忽聞鐘聲。遂覺。未知夢與覺是如何。師對　陛下問夢中底覺來底。若問覺來底。而今正是寐語。若問夢中底夢覺無殊。教誰分別。夢即是幻。知幻即離。離幻即覺。覺心不動。所以道。若能轉物即同如來。

The Emperor said, "The other day, in a light slumber and dream, I suddenly heard the sound of a bell and woke up. I wonder how it is with dreaming and waking?" The Master replied, "Is Your Majesty asking about the one in the dream, or the one who has awakened? If you ask about the one who has awakened, right now that is precisely sleep-talking. If you ask about the one in the dream, dreaming and waking are not different; whom would you have distinguish between them? Dreams are illusions; knowing illusion, one immediately abandons it; abandoning illusion, one is immediately awake. The awakened mind does not move. Therefore it is said: 'If one can turn things around, one is identical to the Tathāgata.'"