23.You should look into what is self-arising and self-originated.
With respect to these appearances, in the beginning they must arise
from somewhere, in between they must remain somewhere, and at the end they must
go somewhere. Yet when you look (into
this matter), it is, for example, like a crow gazing into a well.
When he flies away from the well, (his reflection) also departs from
the well and does not return.
In the same way, appearances arise from the mind;
They arise from the mind and are liberated into the mind.
The nature of the mind which (has the capacity) to know everything and
be aware of everything is empty and clear; As is the case with the sky above,
its emptiness and its clarity have been inseparable from the very beginning.
Self-originated primal awareness becomes manifest, and becoming
systematically established as luminous clarity , just this is the Dharmata, the
nature of reality.
Even though the indication of its existence is all phenomenal
existence(which manifests externally to you),
You are aware of it in your own mind, and this latter is the nature of
the mind.
Since it is aware and clear, it is understood to be like the sky.
However, even though we employ the example of the sky to indicate the
nature of the mind, this is in fact only a metaphor or simile indication things
in a one-sided fashion.
The nature of the mind, as well as being empty, is also intrinsically
aware; everywhere it is clear.
But the sky is without any awareness; it is empty as an inanimate
corpse is empty.
Therefore, the real meaning of “mind” is not indicated by the sky.
So without distraction, simply allow (the mind) to remain the the state
of being just as it is.
你應該仔細的觀察，是什麼在自行升起和自己發生的。所有外顯的現象，一定是一開始從某處升起(生)，有一個停駐的過程(住)，最後達到某處而消失(滅)。舉例而言，現象界的顯現，就像是一隻烏鴉凝視著井水。當它飛離井邊，它的倒影也會從水面消失不再顯現（＊現象顯現的生住異滅）。
所以同樣地，外在現象(境界)是由你的心性所生起的；它們既然由心而生自然也應該從你的心來解脫。
心的本質(本覺)有能力明白所有的一切，並覺知:所有一切都是從空性中顯現出來的；就如同虛空，自始它就是空明不二的。自性生起的本覺顯而易見，在空明之中逐漸地有次第地顯現出來，這就是法身實相的本質。
要覺知本覺的存在必須完全從外顯的現象界來看（所以看起來像是在你之外），但其實還是要由你自己從內心覺知到本覺的存在，這才是心的本質。
因為它本來就是清楚明白的，所以被比喻像虛空。
然而即使我們以虛空來比喻心的本質，這也僅僅只是從單一角度的隱喻或相似的譬喻而已。
心的本質是空性的，是與生俱來就覺知的，永遠清明的。
實際上虛空並沒有覺知的能力；它的空就像沒有生命力的屍體般的空洞。
因此拿虛空來比喻心的真正涵意並不完全。
其實只要沒有任何分別心，單純的讓(心)保持在如其本然的狀態就是了。
