[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) › 1.79 # 六祖大師法寶壇經 1.79 六祖大師法寶壇經 1.79 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [1.79](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2008.1.79) 「迷人修福不修道，只言修福便是道， 布施供養福無邊，心中三惡元來造。 擬將修福欲滅罪，後世得福罪還在， 但向心中除罪緣，名自性中真懺悔。 忽悟大乘真懺悔，除邪行正即無罪， 學道常於自性觀，即與諸佛同一類。 吾祖惟傳此頓法，普願見性同一體， 若欲當來覓法身，離諸法相心中洗。 努力自見莫悠悠，後念忽絕一世休， 若悟大乘得見性，虔恭合掌至心求。」 > yourself, so that interior and exterior are penetrated by brilliance and so that the myriad dharmas within the self-nature are all manifest. Those who see the nature are like this. This is called the pure dharmakāya buddha. > > “Good friends, take refuge in the self-nature within your own minds. This is to take refuge in the true buddha. To take self-refuge is to eradicate all the unwholesome states of mind, jealousy, perversion, selfishness, delusion, disregard of others, deceitfulness, false views, pride, and the unwholesome practices of all the periods of time that exist in the self-nature. It is constantly to see one’s own errors and to refrain from speaking of the good and bad points of others. This is to take self-refuge. One should always be humble and practice reverence for all, so that one sees the nature penetratingly, without any hindrance. This is to take self-refuge. > > What is the perfect and complete saṃbhogakāya? Just as a single lamp is able to eradicate a thousand years of darkness, so can a single \[moment of\] wisdom extinguish ten thousand years of stupidity. Don’t think of your previous errors, and don’t think constantly of \[what may happen\] later. With every moment of thought perfect and bright, see your own fundamental nature. Although good and evil are different, their fundamental natures are nondual. The nondual nature is called the true nature. To be undefiled by good and evil within the true nature: this is called the perfect and complete saṃbhogakāya. > > “If a single thought of evil is activated in the self-nature, it will extinguish ten thousand eons of good causes. If a single thought of good is activated > > in the self-nature, one will attain the elimination of evils as \[countless as\] the sands of the Ganges River. To proceed directly to the unsurpassable bodhi, seeing naturally with each moment of thought and without losing the fundamental thought: this is called the saṃbhogakāya. > > “What are the thousand billion nirmāṇakāyas? If you do not think of the myriad dharmas, the nature is fundamentally like space (or, “empty”). A single moment of thought is called a transformation. To think of evil means transformation into the hells. To think of good things means transformation into the heavens. Poison and injury are transformed into dragons and snakes. Compassion is transformed into bodhisattvas. Wisdom is transformed into the upper realms. Stupidity is transformed into the lower regions. The transformations of the self-nature are extremely numerous. The deluded person cannot understand this and activates evil in every moment of thought, constantly practicing the evil ways. But when he has a single thought of good, wisdom is generated: this is called the nirmāṇakāya buddha of the self-nature. > > “Good friends, the dharmakāya \[buddha\] is fundamentally immanent \[within all of us\]. To see the self-nature yourself 98 in every moment of thought is the saṃbhogakāya buddha. The thoughts that derive from the saṃbhogakāya are the nirmāṇakāya buddha. To be enlightened oneself, and to cultivate oneself, the merits of the self-nature: this is true taking refuge. > > “One’s skin and flesh is the physical body, and the physical body is a house, but you can’t take refuge in it. Just be enlightened to the three bodies of the self-nature, and this will be to recognize the buddha of the selfnature. “I have a formless verse, which, if you are able to recite it, will cause you upon hearing these words to melt away in a single instant the delusions and transgressions of numerous eons. The verse goes: > > Deluded people cultivate blessings but do not cultivate the Way, > > Saying only that to cultivate blessings is the Way. > > The blessings from charity and offerings may be unlimited, > > But the three poisons are originally created in the mind. > > Attempting to cultivate blessings and wanting to extinguish their > > transgressions, > > They may attain blessings in later lives, but their transgressions will > > still exist. > > They should simply eradicate the conditions of transgression within > > their minds: > > This is called true repentance within the self-nature. > — John R. 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