[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Buddhist Literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha) › [Taishō Tripiṭaka (Chinese Buddhist canon)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho) › [鎮州臨濟慧照禪師語錄](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1985) › 1.51 # 鎮州臨濟慧照禪師語錄 1.51 鎮州臨濟慧照禪師語錄 1.51 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [1.51](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1985.1.51) 問：「如何是真佛？真法？真道？乞垂開示。」師云：「佛者，心清淨是；法者，心光明是；道者，處處無礙淨光是。三即一，皆是空名，而無寔有，如真正學道人念念心不間斷。自達磨大師從西土來，秖是覓箇不受人惑底人。後遇二祖，一言便了，始知從前虛用功夫。山僧今日見處與祖佛不別，若第一句中得，與祖佛為師；若第二句中得，與人天為師；若第三句中得，自救不了。」 > A monk asked, “What is the true Buddha, the true Dharma, and the true Way? We beg your instruction.” The Master said, “The Buddha is the mind’s purity; the Dharma is the mind’s brilliance; the Way is the unobstructed pure light in all places. The three are the one; all are empty names and have no real existence. Just like a person who genuinely studies the Way, thought after thought the mind is uninterrupted. Since Great Master Bodhidharma came from the Western Land, he sought only a person who would not be deluded by others. Later he met the Second Patriarch, who understood at a single word, only then realising that previously he had exerted effort in vain. This mountain monk's insight today is no different from that of the patriarchs and Buddhas. If you attain it in the first phrase, you become the teacher of the patriarchs and Buddhas; if you attain it in the second phrase, you become the teacher of humans and devas; if you attain it in the third phrase, you cannot even save yourself.” > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 1.50](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1985.1.50) - [Next: 1.52](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1985.1.52) - [Up: 1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1985.1) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1985~en-mt.1.51) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (1) - [人天眼目](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2006.1.36) — Classical Chinese --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1985.1.51](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1985.1.51) · Pramāṇa