大乘入道次第開決 1.185

1.185

今顯內法似彼妄情者。此顯似義遣外難也。謂外難云。若有外法是所似者應有外法。若無外法何所似耶。無所似故似義不成。如何可言心似外境。故今釋云。所言似者。謂顯內法似能執心。言內法者。即是心所變相分實唯在內。妄情不了執為心外。故說內法似彼妄情。不說內法似外境也。

Regarding "Now revealing that internal dharmas resemble that deluded sentiment": This reveals the meaning of "resemblance" to dispel an external objection. The external objection states: "If there is an external dharma that is what is resembled, there should be an external dharma. If there is no external dharma, what is resembled? Because there is nothing resembled, the meaning of resemblance is not established; how can one say that the mind resembles external objects?" Hence it is now explained: What is called "resemblance" means revealing that internal dharmas resemble the grasping mind. "Internal dharmas" are the object-aspects transformed by the mind, which are truly only internal; deluded sentiment fails to comprehend this and grasps them as being outside the mind. Therefore, it is said that internal dharmas resemble that deluded sentiment; it does not say that internal dharmas resemble external objects.