如理實見分第五
**Chapter 5: Seeing the Truth as It Is**
(頌曰)。
The verse says:
Once you truly awaken, you see it clearly— Reflected in the mirror is your own true face. Don’t say all forms have been cast aside— Right now, this is the host within.
須菩提。於意云何。可以身相見如來不。
Subhuti, what do you think? Can the Tathagata be seen by means of his physical appearance?
(渠無相貌何處求形擬心趍向白雲萬里夢宅點出無生性雲月行空不見蹤)。
It has no form—where can you seek its shape? Turn your mind toward it, and it's a thousand miles of white clouds. Within the dream house, point out the nature that is unborn: Clouds and moonlight travel through the sky, leaving no trace behind.
不也𠀍尊。不可以身相得見如來。
(撥佛所問不然也如來埋沒空生空生勇身跳出)。
何以故。如來所說身相。即非身相。
(須菩提機如掣電不受佛瞞為眾生無始劫來認身為己認着身見自從靈覺之性投母胎來俱生成器隨身苦樂昧而不覺如油入麵分別不出迷却本性漂流生死海汩沒欲波中如來破除身見折問根源明差別智頭頭見性不昧己靈指幻身為佛者非同靈空妙性非也相豈是佛也)。
Subhuti's insight was like a flash of lightning—he couldn't be fooled by the Buddha. For countless eons, sentient beings have mistaken the body for the self, clinging to the concept of physical identity. From the moment the spiritual, conscious nature entered the mother's womb, it took on bodily form, growing with the body and experiencing its pleasures and pains. Yet this awareness remains obscured, like oil blending into flour—impossible to distinguish. Deluded, we lose our original nature, drifting in the ocean of birth and death, drowning in the waves of desire. The Tathagata broke through this attachment to the physical body, pressing to the root of the matter and revealing the true source. He showed the wisdom that differentiates all phenomena—pointing to how each thing reveals our true nature, so we no longer obscure our innate awareness. When he spoke of the illusory body as a potential vehicle for Buddhahood, it is not the same as the empty, wondrous essence of the ultimate. No, form is not the Buddha.
佛告須菩提。凢所有相皆是虛妄。
(一念未興塵勞先起俗眼不見一念未興是何相貌纔興一念便立相了迷弃本性皆是虛妄也知見立知即無明本知見無見斯即涅槃)。
若見諸相非相。即見如來。
(只此幻身中有無相身知身是幻性即非幻不離幻身躰究自性躰得自性諸相皆空名為非相入無生忍內悟靈空即見如來古云萬古碧潭空界月再三撈始應知)。