Pure Land Dharma Talks / Episode 133

Episode 133事實真相了不可得

Reality is unobtainable!

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Reality is unobtainable!

事實真相了不可得 - 第133集

佛在經上講,「實相無相—離一切虛妄相,凡所有相,皆是虛妄」,《金剛經》上說的,這是從體上講。實相無相,所以叫它做空,這個空不是無,不能當無講。為什麼?它會現相,遇到緣它就能現相。所以「亦無不相」,無不相就是有相。

The Buddha said in the Diamond Sutra, “There is no (real) form in reality, so all illusory phenomena should be renounced. Everything with form is illusory (unreal).” This is explained from the aspect of substance. Since there is no (real) form in reality, it is called ‘emptiness.’ However, this emptiness cannot be regarded as ‘non-existence.’ Why is that so? Because it will manifest phenomena when it encounters a condition. That’s why “no (real) form is not without forms” -- ‘not without forms’ means forms do exist.

「相而無相」,無相而有相,這叫實相,這是事實真相。事實真相了不可得,因為心性沒有現象,它沒有物質現象,也沒有精神現象。一切法從心想生,它沒有心想,所以實相不可得,我們緣不到。眼耳鼻舌身這五根,所緣的是物質現象,阿賴耶的相分。

“Forms that exist are not (real) forms” -- there is no (real) form but forms do exist. This is a reality. Reality is unobtainable because the mind-nature (i.e., buddha-nature) neither has physical nor mental phenomena. Since all phenomena arise from the mind, and thoughts do not exist in the mind-nature, reality is unobtainable (it is beyond our apprehension). The physical phenomena (i.e., the objective part of the Alaya consciousness) are the objects of perception of the five organs (i.e., the eyes, ears, nose, tongue and body).

自性裡面沒有阿賴耶,阿賴耶是假的。阿賴耶雖然從自性裡頭變現出來的,它是妄心,它是生滅心,而自性是不生不滅。十法界依正莊嚴,都是阿賴耶變現出來的,能變是生滅,所變的相當然也是生滅,所以說凡所有相,皆是虛妄。

The Alaya, which is illusory, does not exist in the true nature. Even though it is manifested by the true nature, it is a deluded mind that is subject to arising and ceasing. The true nature, on the other hand, neither arises nor ceases. The circumstantial and direct adornments of the Ten Dharma Realms are manifested by the Alaya. Since the manifester (the Alaya) is subject to arising and ceasing, the manifested phenomena are, of course, subject to arising and ceasing too. That’s why it is said, “Everything with form is illusory (unreal).”