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 1.50

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大師謂志誠曰：「吾聞汝禪師教人，唯傳戒定惠，汝和尚教人戒定惠如何？當為吾說！」志誠曰：「秀和尚言戒定惠：諸惡不作名為戒，諸善奉行名為惠，自淨其意名為定，此即名為戒定惠。彼作如是說，不知和尚所見如何？」惠能和尚答曰：「此說不可思議，惠能所見又別。」志誠問：「何以別？」惠能答曰：「見有遲疾。」志誠請和尚說所見戒定惠。大師言：「汝聽吾說，看吾所見處：心地無非是自性戒，心地無亂是自性定，心地無癡是自性惠。」大師言：「汝師戒定惠勸小根智人；吾戒定惠勸上智人。得悟自性，亦不立戒定惠。」志誠言：「請大師說，不立如何？」大師言：「自性無非、無亂、無癡，念念般若觀照，常離法相，有何可立？自性頓修，無有漸次，所以不立。」志誠禮拜，便不離漕溪山，即為門人，不離大師左右。

The Master said to Zhicheng, "I hear that when your dhyāna master teaches people, he transmits only śīla, samādhi, and prajñā. How does your reverend teacher instruct people in śīla, samādhi, and prajñā? Please explain it to me!" Zhicheng said, "Reverend Shenxiu says of śīla, samādhi, and prajñā: 'Not committing any evil is called śīla; practicing all goods is called prajñā; purifying one's own mind is called samādhi.' These are called śīla, samādhi, and prajñā. Such is his explanation; I do not know how the Master views it." Reverend Huineng answered, "This explanation is inconceivable, yet Huineng's view is different again." Zhicheng asked, "How is it different?" Huineng answered, "Seeing has slowness and quickness." Zhicheng asked the Master to explain his view of śīla, samādhi, and prajñā. The Master said, "Listen to what I say, and look at the place of my view: the mind-ground free of wrong is the śīla of one's own-nature; the mind-ground free of confusion is the samādhi of one's own-nature; the mind-ground free of foolishness is the prajñā of one's own-nature." The Master said, "Your teacher's śīla, samādhi, and prajñā exhort people of lesser faculties and wisdom; my śīla, samādhi, and prajñā exhort people of superior wisdom. If one awakens to one's own-nature, one does not even establish śīla, samādhi, and prajñā." Zhicheng said, "Please tell me, Master, what does it mean not to establish them?" The Master said, "One's own-nature is without wrong, without confusion, and without foolishness; in thought after thought, prajñā contemplates and illuminates, constantly transcending phenomenal characteristics—what is there to establish? One's own-nature is cultivated suddenly, without gradual stages, which is why they are not established." Zhicheng bowed in homage, and thereupon did not leave Caoxi Mountain; he became a disciple, never leaving the Master's side.