法演禪師語錄 1.15

1.15

Ascending the hall, [the Master] cited: "Emperor Wu of Liang asked Bodhidharma: 'What is the paramārtha of the noble truths?' Bodhidharma said: 'Vast emptiness, nothing holy.' The Emperor said: 'Who is facing We?' Bodhidharma said: 'Not knowing.' Furthermore, a monk asked the Sixth Patriarch: 'What kind of person attains the purports of Huangmei?' The Patriarch said: 'The person who understands the Buddha Dharma attains it.' The monk said: 'Does the Venerable Priest still attain it?' The Patriarch said: 'I do not attain it.' The monk said: 'Why do you not attain it?' The Patriarch said: 'I do not understand the Buddha Dharma.'" The Master said: "Such great ancestral masters—when asked, they just do not know and do not understand; why then are their descendants spread across the land?" Then he said: "One person transmits a falsehood, and ten thousand people transmit it as truth."