人天眼目 1.36

1.36

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: