六祖大師法寶壇經 1.84
六祖大師法寶壇經 1.84
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1.84
僧法海，韶州曲江人也。初參祖師，問曰：「即心即佛，願垂指諭。」師曰：「前念不生即心，後念不滅即佛；成一切相即心，離一切相即佛。吾若具說，窮劫不盡。聽吾偈曰：
The monk Fahai was a man of Qujiang in Shaozhou. When he first visited the Patriarch, he asked, "'This very mind is the Buddha'—I pray you will condescend to instruct me." The Master said, "When the preceding thought does not arise, that is the mind; when the succeeding thought does not cease, that is the Buddha. Generating all marks is the mind; departing from all marks is the Buddha. If I were to explain it fully, an exhaustion of kalpas would not suffice. Listen to my gāthā:
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