[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) › 1.113 # 六祖大師法寶壇經 1.113 六祖大師法寶壇經 1.113 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [1.113](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2008.1.113) 行思禪師，生吉州安城劉氏。聞曹溪法席盛化，徑來參禮，遂問曰：「當何所務，即不落階級？」師曰：「汝曾作什麼來？」曰：「聖諦亦不為。」師曰：「落何階級？」曰：「聖諦尚不為，何階級之有？」師深器之，令思首眾。一日，師謂曰：「汝當分化一方，無令斷絕。」思既得法，遂回吉州青原山，弘法紹化（諡弘濟禪師）。 > Chan Master Xingsi was born into the Liu family of Ancheng in Jizhou. Hearing that the Dharma assembly at Caoxi was flourishing in its transformative work, he came directly to pay homage and thereupon asked, "What must one apply oneself to so as not to fall into stages?" > The Master said, "What have you been practicing?" > He said, "I do not even practice the noble truths." > The Master said, "What stages do you fall into?" > He said, "Since I do not even practice the noble truths, what stages could there be?" > The Master recognized his great capacity and appointed Xingsi to head the assembly. One day, the Master said to him, "You must take your share in transforming a region; do not allow it to be cut off." > After Xingsi attained the Dharma, he returned to Mount Qingyuan in Jizhou, propagating the Dharma and continuing the transmission. (Posthumously titled Chan Master Hongji.) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 1.112](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2008.1.112) - [Next: 1.114](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2008.1.114) - [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.1.113) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2008.1.113](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2008.1.113) · Pramāṇa