[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) › 1.109 # 六祖大師法寶壇經 1.109 六祖大師法寶壇經 1.109 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [1.109](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2008.1.109) 智常一日問師曰：「佛說三乘法，又言最上乘。弟子未解，願為教授。」師曰：「汝觀自本心，莫著外法相。法無四乘，人心自有等差。見聞轉誦是小乘；悟法解義是中乘；依法修行是大乘；萬法盡通，萬法俱備，一切不染，離諸法相，一無所得，名最上乘。乘是行義，不在口爭。汝須自修，莫問吾也。一切時中，自性自如。」常禮謝執侍，終師之世。 > Zhichang asked the Master one day, "The Buddha taught the triyāna Dharma, and also spoke of the Supreme Vehicle. Your disciple does not understand; I wish you would instruct me." > The Master said, "Observe your own fundamental mind, and do not cling to external phenomenal characteristics. The Dharma does not have four vehicles; the human mind itself has gradations. Seeing, hearing, and reciting is the Small Vehicle; awakening to the Dharma and understanding the meaning is the Middle Vehicle; cultivating according to the Dharma is the Mahāyāna; thoroughly penetrating all phenomena, being fully equipped with all phenomena, being unsoiled by anything, being free from all phenomenal characteristics, and attaining nothing whatsoever is called the Supreme Vehicle. 'Vehicle' means practice; it is not a matter for verbal dispute. You must cultivate it yourself; do not ask me. At all times, the svabhāva is spontaneously as it is." > Zhichang bowed in gratitude, attended upon him, and served him until the end of the Master's life. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 1.108](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2008.1.108) - [Next: 1.110](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2008.1.110) - [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.1.109) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (1) - [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.2007.1.52) — Classical Chinese --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2008.1.109](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2008.1.109) · Pramāṇa