Shurangama Qingx (snax-4)

"Ananda, vixlun qongxx u langg iong cuiwjic ji cuiwdunn. Jiap ji suacc kiw pilyy. Hitt xee langg narr puawvni, dyrr u kow bi. Narr byy puawvni, e siyxkuaw qamxqag diyc dnix. An' dnix qapp kow henxsi jitt xee jihqinx byy dinxdang ee sii, ciangjai si jniaw jniaw. Cuiwjic qapp pilyy vnivnii si potee vunxsingr ji quw kiw pilyy ee siongr. In'ui dnix-kow qapp jniaw jitt nngw jiongw bongrsiongw ee siongdinn, cuiwlo dirr hitt diongqanx kipsiux jitt nng xee siongdinn ee kiwsiong, hy miaa qiyr juer jaibirsingr. Jitt xee jaibirsingr narr lirkuix dnix-kow qapp jniaw jitt nng xee siogdinn, vitqingr dyrr byy jursinx ee siongwtew. Cincniu anxnex, Ananda, qaidongx jaix cincniu jitt xee damx kow-jniaw jaix bi :ee, m si an' dnix-kow laii :ee, m si in'ui jniaw jiacc u :ee, m si an' qinkir cud :ee, m si an' kanghux snix :ee. Sniaxmih enqor? Narr an' dnix-kow laii :ee, jniaw ee sii jaibirsingr dyrr bet .kir. Anwjnuaw tangx qongw jaix jniaw bi? Narr an' jniaw bi cud :ee, dnix ee sii jabirsingr dyrr brongg ar. Qycc anwjnuaw tangx jaix dnix-kow nng xee siongr? Narr an' cuiwjic snix :ee, vitdnia byy dnix, jniaw, qapp kow jiaxee siogdinn. Jurr anxnex jaix bi ee qinkir vunxlaii dyrr byy jursingr. Narr an' kanghux cud :ee, hukongx qaqi dyrr u damx diyc bi, m si liw ee cuiwjic qakdix :ee. Qycc kanghux qaqi u qakdix, qapp liw ee cuiwjic sniaw dirdai? Soxiw qongxx qaidongx jaix cuiwjic zip hubuu bongrsiongw, vunxguann m si inenn camcab, iarr m si jurhuad tenzenn :ee."

(Shurangama Sutra, Volume 3 --4) 
"Ánanda, suppose a person licks his lips with his tongue. His excessive licking causes fatigue. If the person is sick, he will taste a bitter flavor; A person who is not sick will taste a subtle sweetness. Sweetness and bitterness demonstrate the tongue’s sense of taste. When the organ is inactive, a sense of tastelessness prevails. However, both the tongue and the fatigue originate in Bodhi. The attributes of fatigue come from prolonged licking. Because the two false defiling attributes of sweetness and bitterness and of tastelessness, a sense of hearing is stimulated which in turn draws in those two defiling attributes. That is called the ability to taste. Apart from the two defiling attributes of sweetness and bitterness and apart from tastelessness, the sense of taste is originally without substance. In fact, Ánanda, you should know that the perception of sweetness, bitterness, or tastelessness does not originate from sweetness or bitterness, nor from tastelessness, nor from the sense organ, nor from emptiness. Why not? If it came from sweetness or bitterness, it would cease to exist when tastelessness was experienced, so how could it recognize tastelessness? If it arose from tastelessness, it would vanish when the flavor of sweetness was tasted, so how could it perceive the two flavors of sweet and bitter? If it came from the tongue which is obviously devoid of sweetness, bitterness, and tastelessness, then in that case taste would not have a nature. If it came from emptiness, then the sense of taste should be experienced by emptiness instead of by the mouth. Moreover, if emptiness itself did the tasting, what would that have to do with your tongue? From this you should understand that the tongue-entrance is empty and false. Fundamentally its nature cannot be attributed to either causes and conditions or spontaneity."

(楞嚴經卷第三之4)

阿難。譬如有人。以舌舐吻。熟舐令勞。其人若病。則有苦味。無病之人。微有甜觸。由甜與苦。顯此舌根。不動之時。淡性常在。兼舌與勞。同是菩提瞪發勞相。因甜苦淡二種妄塵。發知居中。吸此塵象。名知味性。此知味性。離彼甜苦及淡二塵。畢竟無體。如是阿難。當知如是嘗苦淡知。非甜苦來。非因淡有。又非根出。不於空生。何以故。若甜苦來。淡則知滅。云何知淡。若從淡出。甜即知亡。復云何知甜苦二相。若從舌生。必無甜淡及與苦塵。斯知味根。本無自性。若於空出。虛空自味。非汝口知。又空自知。何關汝入。是故當知。舌入虛妄。本非因緣。非自然性。