[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) › 1.54 # 鎮州臨濟慧照禪師語錄 1.54 鎮州臨濟慧照禪師語錄 1.54 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [1.54](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1985.1.54) 問：「如何是五無間業？」師云：「殺父、害母、出佛身血、破和合僧、焚燒經像等，此是五無間業。」云：「如何是父？」師云：「無明是父，爾一念心求起滅處不得，如響應空，隨處無事，名為殺父。」云：「如何是母？」師云：「貪愛為母，爾一念心入欲界中求其貪愛，唯見諸法空相，處處無著，名為害母。」云：「如何是出佛身血？」師云：「爾向清淨法界中無一念心生解，便處處黑暗，是出佛身血。」云：「如何是破和合僧？」師云：「爾一念心正達煩惱結使，如空無所依，是破和合僧。」云：「如何是焚燒經像？」師云：「見因緣空、心空、法空，一念決定斷，逈然無事，便是焚燒經像。大德！若如是達得，免被他凡聖名礙。爾一念心秖向空拳指上生寔解，根境法中虛揑怪，自輕而退屈，言：『我是凡夫，他是聖人。』禿屢生！有甚死急？披他師子皮，却作野干鳴。大丈夫漢不作丈夫氣息，自家屋裏物不肯信，秖麼向外覓，上他古人閑名句，倚陰博陽，不能特達，逢境便緣、逢塵便執，觸處惑起，自無准定。 > A monk asked, “What are the five karmas of immediate retribution?” The Master said, “Killing one's father, harming one's mother, shedding the Buddha's blood, disrupting the harmony of the Saṅgha, and burning the scriptures and images—these are the five karmas of immediate retribution.” The monk said, “What is the father?” The Master said, “Ignorance is the father: when in a single thought of your mind you seek where it arises and ceases and cannot find it, like an echo responding in empty space, having nothing to do anywhere—this is called killing the father.” The monk said, “What is the mother?” The Master said, “Greedy attachment is the mother: when in a single thought of your mind you enter the desire realm seeking its greedy attachment, and see only the empty marks of all dharmas, without attachment anywhere—this is called harming the mother.” The monk said, “What is shedding the Buddha's blood?” The Master said, “When in the pure dharmadhātu not a single thought of your mind produces intellectual understanding, so that everywhere is pitch black—this is shedding the Buddha's blood.” The monk said, “What is disrupting the harmony of the Saṅgha?” The Master said, “When in a single thought of your mind you directly penetrate the afflictions and fetters to be like empty space with nothing to rely upon—this is disrupting the harmony of the Saṅgha.” The monk said, “What is burning the scriptures and images?” The Master said, “Seeing that causes and conditions are empty, mind is empty, and dharmas are empty, decisively cutting them off in a single thought, completely detached with nothing to do—this is burning the scriptures and images. Virtuous monks! If you comprehend like this, you will avoid being obstructed by the names of ordinary and sacred. In a single thought your mind merely forms real understanding based on empty fists and pointing fingers, falsely conjuring up monsters amidst the sense-faculties, sense-objects, and dharmas, belittling yourself and shrinking back, saying: ‘I am an ordinary person; he is a sage.’ You bald fools! What is the deadly hurry? You put on his lion's skin, yet utter the cry of a jackal! A great fellow does not have the spirit of a fellow; you are unwilling to have faith in the things of your own house, and just seek outwardly, falling into the idle names and phrases of ancient people, leaning on yin to gain yang, unable to penetrate directly, grasping conditions upon meeting an environment, becoming attached upon encountering dust, raising delusions wherever you touch, lacking any settled standard of your own. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 1.53](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1985.1.53) - [Next: 1.55](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1985.1.55) - [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.1.54) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1985.1.54](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1985.1.54) · Pramāṇa