人天眼目 1.36

1.36

師因僧問。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。三即一皆空而無實有。如真正道人。念念不間斷。達磨大師。從西土來。只是覓箇不受惑底人。後遇二祖。一言便了。始知從前虛用工夫。山僧今日見處。與佛祖不別。若第一句中薦得。堪與佛祖為師。若第二句中薦得。堪與人天為師。若第三句中薦得。自救不了。僧問。

When a monk asked, 'What are the true Buddha, the true Dharma, and the true Way? We beg you to deign to offer instruction,' the Master said: 'The Buddha is the mind's purity. The Dharma is the mind's radiance. The Way is the pure light unobstructed everywhere. The three are one; all are empty and have no real existence. Like a genuine person of the Way, moment to moment without interruption. Great Master Bodhidharma came from the Western land simply to seek a person who would not be deluded. Later he met the Second Ancestor, who understood completely in a single word, only then realising that previously he had applied effort in vain. This mountain monk's view today is no different from the Buddhas and ancestors. If you grasp it within the first phrase, you are worthy of being a teacher to Buddhas and ancestors. If you grasp it within the second phrase, you are worthy of being a teacher to humans and gods. If you grasp it within the third phrase, you cannot even save yourself.' The monk asked: