[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Buddhist Literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha) › [Taishō Tripiṭaka (Chinese Buddhist canon)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho) › [南宗頓教最上大乘摩訶般若波羅蜜經六祖惠能大師於韶州大梵寺施法壇經](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2007) › 1.10 # 南宗頓教最上大乘摩訶般若波羅蜜經六祖惠能大師於韶州大梵寺施法壇經 1.10 南宗頓教最上大乘摩訶般若波羅蜜經六祖惠能大師於韶州大梵寺施法壇經 1.10 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [1.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2007.1.10) 有一童子，於碓坊邊過，唱誦此偈。惠能一聞，知未見性，即識大意。能問童子：「適來誦者，是何言偈？」童子答能曰：「你不知大師言生死事大，欲傳衣法，令門人等各作一偈來呈看，悟大意，即付衣法，稟為六代祖。有一上座名神秀，忽於南廊下書無相偈一首，五祖令諸門人盡誦，悟此偈者，即見自性；依此修行，即得出離。」惠能答曰：「我此踏碓八個餘月，未至堂前，望上人引惠能至南廊下，見此偈禮拜，亦願誦取，結來生緣，願生佛地。」童子引能至南廊下，能即禮拜此偈。為不識字，請一人讀。惠能聞已，即識大意。惠能亦作一偈，又請得一解書人，於西間壁上提着，呈自本心，不識本心，學法無益，識心見性，即悟大意。惠能偈曰： > A young boy, passing by the pestle shed, was chanting this verse. As soon as Huineng heard it, he knew that \[its author\] had not seen the nature, but \[the author\] recognized the great meaning. Neng asked the boy: "What verse was that which you were chanting just now?" The boy answered Neng: "Do you not know that the Master said the matter of saṃsāra is great? Wishing to transmit the robe and Dharma, he ordered the disciples each to compose a verse to present for inspection: whoever awakens to the great meaning will be granted the robe and Dharma and succeed as the sixth-generation patriarch. A senior monk named Shenxiu suddenly wrote a formless verse beneath the south corridor. The Fifth Patriarch ordered all disciples to recite it; whoever awakens to this verse will see their own-nature, and practicing in accord with it, one will achieve liberation." Huineng replied: "I have been treading the pestle here for more than eight months and have not yet gone before the hall. I hope you, virtuous one, will lead Huineng to the south corridor so I may see this verse and pay homage to it. I also wish to recite it, to form a connection for future lives and vow to be born in a buddha-land." The boy led Neng to the south corridor, and Neng immediately paid homage to the verse. Because he was illiterate, he asked someone to read it. Having heard it, Huineng immediately understood the great meaning. Huineng also composed a verse and asked a person who could write to record it on the west wall, presenting his own original mind. If one does not know the original mind, studying the Dharma is of no benefit; if one knows the mind and sees the nature, one directly awakens to the great meaning. Huineng's verse read: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 1.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2007.1.9) - [Next: 1.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2007.1.11) - [Up: 1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2007.1) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2007~en-mt.1.10) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2007.1.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2007.1.10) · Pramāṇa