六祖大師法寶壇經 1.45

1.45

「說通及心通，如日處虛空，
唯傳見性法，出世破邪宗。
法即無頓漸，迷悟有遲疾，
只此見性門，愚人不可悉。
說即雖萬般，合理還歸一，
煩惱闇宅中，常須生慧日。
邪來煩惱至，正來煩惱除，
邪正俱不用，清淨至無餘。
菩提本自性，起心即是妄，
淨心在妄中，但正無三障。
世人若修道，一切盡不妨，
常自見己過，與道即相當。
色類自有道，各不相妨惱，
離道別覓道，終身不見道。
波波度一生，到頭還自懊，
欲得見真道，行正即是道。
自若無道心，闇行不見道，
若真修道人，不見世間過。
若見他人非，自非却是左，
他非我不非，我非自有過。
但自却非心，打除煩惱破，
憎愛不關心，長伸兩脚臥。
欲擬化他人，自須有方便，
勿令彼有疑，即是自性現。
佛法在世間，不離世間覺，
離世覓菩提，恰如求兔角。
正見名出世，邪見是世間，
邪正盡打却，菩提性宛然。
此頌是頓教，亦名大法船，
迷聞經累劫，悟則剎那間。」

"When mastery of speech and mastery of mind are attained, / It is like the sun dwelling in empty space. / Only the Dharma of seeing into one's nature is transmitted, / Appearing in the world to destroy false sects.
The Dharma has neither sudden nor gradual, / But delusion and awakening have slow and fast. / Only this gate of seeing into one's nature / Foolish people cannot comprehend.
Though explanations take myriad forms, / When accord with the principle is reached, they return to the one. / In the dark house of afflictions, / The sun of wisdom must constantly be born.
When falsehood arrives, afflictions come; / When correctness arrives, afflictions are eliminated. / When neither false nor correct are used, / Purity reaches the remainderless.
Bodhi is fundamentally svabhāva; / Giving rise to thought is immediately delusion. / The pure mind is within delusion; / Merely be correct and the three obstructions will be gone.
If worldly people cultivate the Way, / Nothing at all stands in their way. / Constantly see your own faults, / And you will accord with the Way.
Beings of form each have their own Way, / None hindering or troubling one another. / Leaving the Way to seek another Way, / One will never see the Way in this whole life.
Drifting through life in vain, / In the end one is full of self-remorse. / If you wish to see the true Way, / Acting correctly is itself the Way.
If you yourself lack the mind for the Way, / Walking in darkness you will not see the Way. / A true cultivator of the Way / Does not see the faults of the world.
If you see the wrongs of others, / Your own wrong is an error. / When others are wrong and I am not wrong, / My taking them as wrong is my own fault.
Merely discard the wrong-finding mind yourself; / Strike down and break afflictions. / When hatred and love do not touch the heart, / Lie down with both legs stretched out.
If you intend to transform others, / You yourself must possess skillful means. / Do not let them have doubts; / That is svabhāva becoming manifest.
The Buddha-Dharma is in the world; / Awakening is not separate from the world. / Seeking bodhi apart from the world / Is just like looking for a rabbit's horn.
Right view is called transcending the world; / Wrong view is worldly. / When right and wrong are completely struck down, / The bodhi-nature is fully evident.
This verse is the sudden teaching, / Also called the great Dharma boat. / In delusion one hears it over multiple kalpas; / Awakened, it is in a single instant."