華嚴聖境故人來

一個人要能夠完全依止於真如法性而調伏意識與意根，他得要親證如來藏才有辦法轉依直心，因為意識與意根永遠都不可能是直心的，永遠都有彎曲的時候，只有如來藏是無始劫以來乃至到將來成佛的時候，祂永遠都是直心的。眾生要發起這一種直心，一定先要證得如來藏，現觀祂無始劫以來一直到無始劫以後永遠是直心，才有辦法真實的轉依直心，才有辦法真實的發行於直心，這樣才能對三寶真實發起深心，不然要如何相信三寶確實有無量無邊的深遠功德呢？所以深心的發起很不容易，它的前提是要證悟如來藏。

《維摩詰經講記》第一輯

To tame one’s conscious mind and Manas in complete accordance with the dharma-nature of True Suchness, one must personally realize the Tathagatagarbha before one can convert to the straight mind. The conscious mind or the Manas can never be the straight mind due to their crooked nature. Only can Tathagatagarbha be straight-minded from endless eons in the past until Buddhahood, and ever after. To behave like the straight mind, sentient beings must first realize the Tathagatagarbha, and then directly witness that it has always been straight-minded since eons without a beginning and even after eons without an end. Only this way can sentient beings truly convert to the straight mind and behave accordingly. Then, sentient beings can truly have deep faith in the Three Jewels. Otherwise, how could they be fully convinced that the Three Jewels do have infinite merits and virtues? Thus, it is indeed not easy to have the deep faith and its prerequisite is to realize the Tathagatagarbha.

A Discourse on the Vimalakirti Nirdesa Sutra, Vol. 1

 

 正覺電子報 第86期 （扉頁）