[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) › 1.58 # 六祖大師法寶壇經 1.58 六祖大師法寶壇經 1.58 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [1.58](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2008.1.58) 師言：「大眾！世人自色身是城，眼耳鼻舌是門，外有五門，內有意門。心是地，性是王。王居心地上，性在王在，性去王無。性在身心存，性去身壞。佛向性中作，莫向身外求。自性迷即是眾生，自性覺即是佛。慈悲即是觀音，喜捨名為勢至，能淨即釋迦，平直即彌陀；人我是須彌，貪欲是海水，煩惱是波浪，毒害是惡龍，虛妄是鬼神，塵勞是魚鱉。貪瞋是地獄，愚癡是畜生。善知識！常行十善，天堂便至。除人我，須彌倒；去貪欲，海水竭；煩惱無，波浪滅；毒害除，魚龍絕。自心地上覺性，如來放大光明；外照六門清淨，能破六欲諸天；自性內照，三毒即除；地獄等罪一時銷滅，內外明徹不異西方。不作此修，如何到彼？」 > The Master said: "Great assembly! For people of the world, one's own physical body is a city; the eyes, ears, nose, and tongue are the gates. Externally there are five gates, and internally there is the mind gate. The mind is the ground, and the nature is the king. The king resides on the ground of the mind. When the nature is present, the king is present; when the nature departs, the king is no more. When the nature is present, body and mind exist; when the nature departs, the body is destroyed. The Buddha is made within one's nature; do not seek outside the body. Delusion in svabhāva is a sentient being; awakening to svabhāva is a Buddha. Compassion is Avalokiteśvara; joy and equanimity are Mahāsthāmaprāpta; the ability to purify is Śākyamuni; what is level and straightforward is Amitābha. Others and self are Mount Sumeru; craving and desire are the sea water; the afflictions are the waves; poison and harm are evil dragons; falsity is ghosts and spirits; the toil of defilements is fish and turtles. Greed and anger are hell; foolishness is animals. Good friends! Constantly practice the ten virtues, and the heavenly realm will arrive. Eliminate self and others, and Mount Sumeru collapses; cast off craving and desire, and the sea water dries up; when afflictions are gone, the waves cease; when poison and harm are eliminated, fish and dragons are extinguished. The awakening nature on the ground of one's own mind, the Tathāgata, emits a great light. Externally illuminating the six gates into purity, it can break through the heavens of the six desires. When svabhāva shines inward, the three poisons are eliminated; sins of hell and the like are dissolved in an instant. Internally and externally clear and luminous, it is no different from the West. Without this cultivation, how can you reach there?" > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 1.57](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2008.1.57) - [Next: 1.59](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2008.1.59) - [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.1.58) — 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.2007.1.43) — Classical Chinese --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2008.1.58](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2008.1.58) · Pramāṇa