自心取自心 非幻成幻法 不取無非幻 非幻尚不生 幻法云何立？
— 《楞嚴經》
With the mind grasping at itself,
What is not illusory becomes illusory.
If there is no grasping, there is no illusion
Or non-illusion. When neither arises,
How can illusions possibly exist?
– Śūraṅgama Sūtra
諸法如如，本無真幻。然我們的自心執取自心的投影 — 種種念想，硬從無幻中見到幻象。世界由心所畫，顏料即是每個人的愛染執取。而我們又愛上自己創作的畫，而忘失實相。
— 見護師
In suchness, there is no illusion. But illusions arise when our mind grasps at its own projections. The world is our mind’s painting, and our biases are the colors we paint with. Then we fall in love with our own creation: the painting, not the reality.
– Jianhu Shifu
