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六祖因明上座。趁至大庾嶺。祖見明至。即擲衣鉢於石上云。此衣表信。可力爭耶。任君將去。明遂舉之如山不動。踟蹰悚慄。明曰。我來求法。非為衣也。願行者開示。祖云。不思善不思惡。正與麼時那箇是明上座。本來面目。明當下大悟。遍體汗流。泣淚作禮問曰。上來密語密意外。還更有意旨否。祖曰。我今為汝說者。即非密也。汝若返照自己面目。密却在汝邊。明云。某甲雖在黃梅隨眾。實未省自己面目。今蒙指授入處。如人飲水冷暖自知。今行者即是某甲師也。祖云。汝若如是。則吾與汝同師黃梅。善自護持。

Because Senior Monk Ming chased after him as far as Dayu Ridge, the Sixth Patriarch, seeing Ming arrive, threw the robe and bowl onto a rock and said, "This robe symbolizes faith; can it be contested by force? Take it as you please!" Ming then tried to lift it, but it was as unmovable as a mountain. Hesitant and trembling with fear, Ming said, "I have come to seek the Dharma, not for the robe. I pray that the postulant will give me instruction." The Patriarch said, "Think neither of good nor of evil. At just such a moment, which is Senior Monk Ming's original face?" Ming had a great awakening right then. Sweat poured over his whole body. Weeping tears, he bowed and asked, "Apart from the secret words and secret meanings given above, is there still further meaning?" The Patriarch said, "What I have spoken for you just now is not secret. If you reflect back upon your own face, the secret is on your side." Ming said, "Although I was among the assembly at Huangmei, I truly had not realized my own face. Now, receiving your instruction on an entry point, it is like a person drinking water: he knows for himself whether it is cold or warm. Now the postulant is my master." The Patriarch said, "If you are like this, then you and I share Huangmei as our master. Guard and maintain it well."