[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) › [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2008~en-mt) › 1.44 # 六祖大師法寶壇經 1.44 English (machine translation) 1.44 - **Language:** English ### [1.44](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2008~en-mt.1.44) "Good friends! Those of later generations who obtain my Dharma should take this Dharma gate of the sudden teaching, and among those of like view and like practice, make vows to accept and uphold it. Serving it as they would the Buddha, if they do not regress throughout their lives, they will surely enter the holy stages. Yet it must be transmitted and bestowed as it has been silently transmitted from the past; the true Dharma must not be concealed. If someone is not of like view and like practice, but is in other teachings, it must not be transmitted and bestowed. It would harm that earlier person, and in the end bring no benefit. I fear that foolish people will not understand and will slander this Dharma gate, severing the seed-nature of the Buddha for hundreds of kalpas and thousands of lives. Good friends! I have a formless verse; each of you must recite and grasp it. Whether lay or monastic, simply practice in accordance with it. If you do not practice it yourself and merely memorize my words, it will also be of no benefit. Listen to my verse:" - [Previous: 1.43](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2008~en-mt.1.43) - [Next: 1.45](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2008~en-mt.1.45) - [Up: 1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2008~en-mt.1) ## Translations (1) - [The Platform Sutra of the Sixth Patriarch](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2008~en-bdk.1.44) — John R. McRae 2000, English ## Linked texts (1) - [六祖大師法寶壇經](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2008.1.44) — Classical Chinese --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2008~en-mt.1.44](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2008~en-mt.1.44) · Pramāṇa