傳早已有心性本淨的事實描述
南傳佛教的心性本淨思想,"如金在礦"等譬喻,一模一樣
“Pabhassaramidam bhikkhave cittam tanca kho
akantukehi uppakkilesehi uppakkilittham”
Meaning,
“Monks, naturally the mind is bright, but by the visit of
defilements, it is polluted.”
解釋:諸比丘啊,心性本淨,但因處於雜染,故不能証得;這不是就是楞伽經的
大乘入楞伽經:
本識在蘊中 如金銀在礦
陶冶鍊治已 金銀皆顯現 嗎?