淨名經集解關中疏 1.438

1.438

"At that time, Vimalakīrti came and said to me: 'Kātyāyana! Do not expound the Dharma of the true mark with the mental activities of arising and ceasing!'" This is the third, adducing the rebuke at length, again in three parts: first, rebuking in general; next, showing the truth; finally, obtaining the benefit. This is the first. That dharmas arise and cease is the Hinayana doctrine; awakening to arising and ceasing being fundamentally non-arising and non-ceasing is the doctrine of the true mark. Sengzhao says: What is the mind? It is what is produced by confused marks. What is mental activity? It is a name for creating and functioning. Where there is form, there must be a shadow; where there are marks, there must be a mind. Without form, there is no shadow; without marks, there is no mind. Therefore the mind turns according to things, and activity arises because of functioning. Seeing dharmas arise and cease, the mind has arising and ceasing; awakening to dharmas having no arising, the mind has no arising or ceasing. Kātyāyana heard the doctrine of impermanence and thought that dharmas have marks of arising and ceasing. Because dharmas had marks of arising and ceasing, they shadowed and echoed in his mind, conforming to arising and ceasing. The true mark is profound and subtle, transcending ordinary realms; it cannot be known by one with a mind, nor spoken by one of eloquence. How could one wish to expound it with the mental activities of arising and ceasing?