大乘起信論略述 2.87

2.87

[Treatise:] Because the mind has no bodily form ... in the end can never be found.
[Exposition:] Next, revealing the contemplation of the mind. In this there are three: the doctrine, the simile, and the application. This is the first. Even the form-dharmas of the six sense fields, which mostly appear with shape, cannot be found; how much less can the mind, which has no bodily shape, be found? Because it has no form, it has no abiding place; because it has no abiding place, it is non-existent. Hence it says, "seeking it in the ten directions, in the end it can never be found."