Selected Lectures on the Sūtra of the Collection of the Father and Son (115)

Original text: 大王。身识生时。无所从来。灭无所至。彼缘生时。无所从来。灭无所至。彼业生时。无所从来。灭无所至。大王。无有少法。从于此世。得至他世。何以故。自性空故。如是了知。初识初识空。自业自业空。身识身识空。若灭灭空。若生生空。轮回轮回空。涅盘涅盘。皆自性空。无有作者。亦无受者。若业若报。皆不可得。但唯名相。分别显示。

Explanation: The Buddha said: Great King, when the body consciousness arises, it comes from nowhere—there is no place it comes from; when it ceases, it does not go anywhere. When karmic conditions arise, they likewise come from nowhere and go nowhere; when karmic formations arise, they likewise come from nowhere and go nowhere. Great King, there is not the slightest dharma that can pass from this world to another world. Why? Because the self-nature of all dharmas is empty. We should understand the body consciousness in this way, understanding that the self-nature of the body consciousness is empty; understand in this way the karmic formations created by our own body and mind, understanding that the self-nature of karmic formations is empty; understand in this way the initial consciousness, understanding that the self-nature of the initial consciousness is empty; understand in this way that if all dharmas arise, their arising is empty, and if all dharmas cease, their ceasing is empty; at the same time, we should also understand that in the creation and transmigration of karmic formations, there is neither a creator nor an experiencer—all dharmas are merely displayed through the discrimination of false appearances and names.