佛經已明祖語述後
Buddhist Sutras Already Clarified, Ancestral Language Explained Later
初祖偈云。亦不覩惡而生嫌。亦不觀善而勤措。亦不捨智而近愚。亦不拋迷而就悟。達大道兮過量通佛心兮出度。不與凡聖同纏。超然名之曰祖。
The First Patriarch's verse says:
One does not see evil and give rise to aversion, nor observe good and strive to cultivate it; one does not discard wisdom and draw near to foolishness, nor cast off delusion and go toward enlightenment. Having reached the great Path, one transcends all measure; having penetrated the Buddha's mind, one goes beyond all degrees. No longer entangled with ordinary beings or sages alike— utterly free, one is called the Patriarch.
二祖云。是心是佛。是心是法。法佛無二。僧寶亦然。
The Second Patriarch said: This mind is the Buddha; this mind is the Dharma. Dharma and Buddha are not two, and the Sangha jewel is the same.
三祖云。眼若不睡。諸夢自除。心若不異。萬法一如。一如體玄。兀爾忘緣。萬法齊觀。歸復自然。
The Third Patriarch said:
If the eyes do not sleep, all dreams dissolve on their own. If the mind does not discriminate, all dharmas are one suchness. This one suchness is profound in essence—still and unmoving, one forgets all conditions. Seeing all dharmas as equal, one returns to naturalness.
四祖示融大師云。百千妙門。同歸方寸。恒沙功德。總在心原。一切定門。一切慧門。一切行門。悉皆具足。神通妙用。並在汝心。
The Fourth Patriarch said to Great Master Rong: The hundred thousand wondrous methods all return to the square inch. Merit as countless as the sands of the Ganges all has its source in the mind. Every gateway of Concentration, every gateway of Wisdom, and every gateway of practice are all complete and fully present. Wondrous spiritual powers and their marvelous workings are all within your mind.
五祖云。欲知法要。心是十二部經之根本。唯有一乘法。一乘法者一心是。但守一心。即心真如門。一切法行不出自心。唯心自知。心無形色。諸祖只是以心傳心。達者印可。更無別法。
The Fifth Patriarch said: If you wish to know the essentials of the Dharma, the mind is the root of the twelve divisions of the scriptures. There is only the One Vehicle Dharma. The One Vehicle Dharma is the one mind. Simply guard the one mind—this is the gate of the mind's true suchness. No practice of any Dharma goes beyond your own mind. Only the mind itself knows this. The mind has no form or shape. The patriarchs have only transmitted mind to mind; those who understand confirm one another. There is no other Dharma.
六祖云。汝等諸人自心是佛。更莫狐疑。心外更無一法而能建立。皆是自心生萬種法。經云。心生種種法生。其法無二。其心亦然。其道清淨。無有諸相。汝莫觀淨。及空其心。此心無二。無可取舍。行住坐臥。皆一直心。即是淨土。依吾語者。汝定菩提。
牛頭融大師絕觀論。問。云何是心。答。六根所觀。並悉是心。問。心若為。答。心即滅。問。何者為體。答。心為體。問。何者為宗。答。心為宗。問。何者為本。答。心為本。問。若為是定慧雙遊。答。心性寂滅為定。常解寂滅為慧。問。何者是智。答。境起解是智。問。何者是境。答。自身心性為境。問。何者是舒。答。照用為舒。問。何者為卷。答。心寂滅無去來為卷。舒則彌遊法界。卷則定跡難尋。問。何者是法界。答。邊表不可得。名曰法界。
稠禪師云。一切外緣。名無定相。是非生滅。一由自心。若自心不心。誰嫌是非。能所俱無。即諸相恒寂。
Chan Master Chou said: All external conditions are called "signs without fixed form." Right and wrong, arising and ceasing—all come solely from your own mind. If your own mind does not cling as mind, who is there to resent right or wrong? When both subject and object are gone, all signs are forever still.
龐居士頌云。萬法從心起。心生萬法生。生生不了有。來去枉虗行。寄語修道人。空生有不生。如能達此理。不動出深坑。
The layman Pang's verse says:
All dharmas arise from the mind; when the mind arises, all dharmas arise. Birth after birth, they never come to an end— coming and going, you travel in vain.
A message to those who cultivate the Path: Emptiness arises, existence does not arise. If you can penetrate this principle, you leave the deep pit without even moving.
騰騰和尚歌云。修道。道無可修。問法。法無可問。迷人不悟色空。達者本無逆順。八萬四千法門。至理不過方寸。煩惱正是菩提。淨花生於泥糞。識取自家城邑。莫謾遊他州郡。
The Song of Monk Tengteng says:
In cultivating the Path—the Path cannot be cultivated. In seeking the Dharma—the Dharma cannot be sought. Deluded people do not realize that form is emptiness; Those who understand see originally neither opposition nor compliance. Among the eighty-four thousand Dharma gates, The ultimate truth is no more than a single square inch. Afflictions themselves are Enlightenment; The pure lotus grows from mud and filth. Recognize your own home city— Do not idly wander through other provinces and districts.
臥輪禪師云。詳其心性。湛然虗空。本來不生。是亦不滅。何須收捺。但覺心起。即須向內反照心原。無有根本。即無生處。無生處故。心即寂靜。無相無為。
Zen Master Wolun said: Examining the mind's nature, it is clear and still like empty space. It was never born, and so it does not cease. What need is there to suppress it? Simply notice when a thought arises, and turn the light inward to look back at the mind's source. It has no root, and so there is no place where it arises. Because there is no place of arising, the mind is quiescent and still—without marks, without conditioned activity.
智達禪師心境頌云。境立心便有。心無境不生。若將心繫境。心境兩俱盲。境心各自住。心境性恒清。悟境心無起。迷心境共行。若迷心作境。心境亂縱橫。悟境心元淨。知心境本清。知心無境性。了境心無形。境虗心寂寂。心照境冷冷。
普岸大師云。大道虗曠。唯一真心。善惡勿思。神清物表。更復何憂。
溈山和尚云。內外諸法盡知不實。從心化生。悉是假名。任他法性周流。莫斷莫續。
黃蘗和尚云。但悟一心。更無少法可得。此即真佛。佛與眾生。一心更無有異。不如言下自認取本法。此法即心。心外無法。此心即法。法外無心。
仰山和尚云。頓悟自心無相。猶若虗空。寄根發明。即本心具恒沙妙用。無別所持。無別安立。即本地。即本土。
安國和尚云。經云。應無所住而生其心。無所住者不住色。不住聲。不住迷。不住悟。不住體。不住用。而生其心者。即是一切處而顯一心。若住善生心即善現。若住惡生心即惡現。本心即隱沒。若無所住。十方世界。唯是一心。信知風幡不動。是心動。
歸宗和尚云。即心是佛。徹底唯性。山河大地。一法所印。是大神呪。真實不虗。是諸佛之本源。菩提之根骨佛何者是。即今言下是。更無別人。經云。譬如一色。隨眾生見。得種種名。一切法惟是一法。隨處得名。
寶性論偈云。如空徧一切。而空無分別。自心無垢心。亦徧無分別。
復禮法師云。觀業義者。夫業因心起。心為業用。業引心而受形。心隨業而作境。然則因業受身。身還造業從心作境。境復生心。若影隨形而曲直。猶響隨聲而大小矣。