[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) › [六祖大師法寶壇經](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2008) › 1.105 # 六祖大師法寶壇經 1.105 六祖大師法寶壇經 1.105 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [1.105](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2008.1.105) 僧智常，信州貴溪人，髫年出家，志求見性。一日參禮，師問曰：「汝從何來？欲求何事？」曰：「學人近往洪州白峯山禮大通和尚，蒙示見性成佛之義。未決狐疑，遠來投禮，伏望和尚慈悲指示。」師曰：「彼有何言句？汝試舉看。」曰：「智常到彼，凡經三月，未蒙示誨。為法切故，一夕獨入丈室，請問：『如何是某甲本心本性？』大通乃曰：『汝見虛空否？』對曰：『見。』彼曰：『汝見虛空有相貌否？』對曰：『虛空無形，有何相貌？』彼曰：『汝之本性，猶如虛空，了無一物可見，是名正見；無一物可知，是名真知。無有青黃長短，但見本源清淨，覺體圓明，即名見性成佛，亦名如來知見。』學人雖聞此說，猶未決了，乞和尚開示。」師曰：「彼師所說，猶存見知，故令汝未了。吾今示汝一偈： > The monk Zhichang was a native of Guixi in Xinzhou. Having left the household in his youth, his aspiration was to seek seeing into his nature. One day he came to pay homage. The Master asked him, "Where have you come from? What matter do you seek?" > He said, "I recently went to Mount Baifeng in Hongzhou to pay homage to the Upādhyāya Datong, and received his instruction on the meaning of seeing into one's nature and attaining buddhahood. Not having resolved my doubts, I came from afar to pay homage and submit myself, humbly hoping the Upādhyāya will compassionately give me instruction." > The Master said, "What words did he speak? Try citing them so I may see." > He said, "When I arrived there, altogether three months passed without my receiving any instruction. Because of my urgency for the Dharma, one evening I went alone into his room and asked, 'What is my fundamental mind and fundamental nature?' Datong then said, 'Do you see empty space?' I replied, 'I see it.' He said, 'Do you see empty space having any appearance?' I replied, 'Empty space has no form; what appearance could it have?' He said, 'Your fundamental nature is just like empty space. Utterly without a single thing that can be seen is called right seeing; without a single thing that can be known is called true knowing. There is no blue or yellow, long or short; merely seeing that the original source is pure and the body of awakening is completely bright is called seeing into one's nature and attaining buddhahood, and is also called the vision and knowledge of the Tathāgata.' Although I heard this explanation, I have still not resolved it clearly, and beg the Upādhyāya to give me instruction." > The Master said, "What that master said still retains seeing and knowing, and therefore caused you not to understand clearly. I now present you with a verse: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 1.104](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2008.1.104) - [Next: 1.106](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2008.1.106) - [Up: 1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2008.1) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2008~en-mt.1.105) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (1) - [景德傳燈錄](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2076.5.39) — Classical Chinese --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2008.1.105](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2008.1.105) · Pramāṇa