廣弘明集 21.34

21.34

Sengmin of Jianye Temple inquired, saying: "When conventional people understand the conventional, is it that they understand the disparities of the conventional and are therefore said to understand the conventional, or is it that they perceive the conventional as provisional and false and are therefore said to understand the conventional?"
The Prince's decree replied, saying: "It is simply that they perceive the disparities of the conventional and are therefore said to understand the conventional."
He further inquired: "The conventional truth is not only disparate, it is also illusory. Why do they understand disparities but not understand the illusory?"
The decree replied: "If worldlings were to understand the illusory, that would be understanding the true. It is because they do not understand the illusory that they are said to understand the conventional."