大慧普覺禪師語錄 20.18

20.18

梁武帝問達磨：「朕造寺度僧，不可勝數，有何功德？」達磨曰：「無功德。」帝曰：「云何無功德？」達磨曰：「此但人天小果有漏之因，如影之隨形，雖有而非實。」曰：「如何是真功德？」答曰：「淨智妙圓，體自空寂，如是功德，不以世求。」帝始問：「如何是聖諦第一義？」答曰：「廓然無聖。」曰：「對朕者誰？」答曰：「不識。」帝不契，達磨遂渡江之魏。如今要見真功德，不用別求，只向不識處薦取。若透得此二字，一生參學事畢。

Emperor Wu of Liang asked Bodhidharma: "I have built temples and ordained monks beyond count; what merit is there?" Bodhidharma said: "No merit." The Emperor asked: "Why is there no merit?" Bodhidharma said: "These are only the lesser fruits of humans and gods, causes with outflows, like a shadow following the body: though they exist, they are not real." The Emperor asked: "What is true merit?" He answered: "Pure wisdom, wondrous and round, its essence naturally empty and serene—such merit cannot be sought through the worldly." The Emperor then asked: "What is the primary truth of the holy truths?" He answered: "Empty, with nothing holy." The Emperor asked: "Who is facing me?" He answered: "I do not know." The Emperor did not accord with it, so Bodhidharma crossed the river to Wei. Nowadays, if you want to see true merit, there is no need to seek elsewhere; just take it in directly at the point of 'I do not know.' If you can penetrate these two words, your lifelong pursuit of study will be completed.