宗鏡錄 97.36

97.36

第二十七祖般若多羅尊者傳法偈云。心地生諸種。因事復因理。果滿菩提圓。華開世界起。西天波羅提尊者。化異見王。現神通力。乘雲至王殿前。爾時大王。問乘雲者曰。汝為是邪。汝為是正。波羅提尊者答曰。我非邪正。而來正邪。大王。若正。我無邪正。王又問曰。何者是佛。波羅提曰。見性是佛。王曰。師見性不。波羅提曰。我見佛性。王曰。性在何處。波羅提曰。性在作用。王曰。是何作用。今不覩見。波羅提曰。今現作用。王自不識。王曰。師既所見云有作用。當於我處而有之不。波羅提曰。王若作用。現前總是。王若不用。體亦難見。王曰。若當用之。幾處出現。師曰。若出用時。當有其八。卓立雲端。以偈告曰。在胎曰身。處世名人。在眼曰見。在耳曰聞。在鼻辯氣。在口談論。在手執捉。在脚運奔。遍現俱該法界。收攝不出微塵。識者知是佛性。不識者喚作精魂。

The verse of transmission of the Dharma by the twenty-seventh patriarch, the Venerable Prajñātāra, says: / "The mind-ground gives rise to all seeds; / Due to phenomena, it is also due to principle. / When the fruit is complete, bodhi is perfected; / When the flower blooms, the world arises." / The Venerable Prajñābodhi of Western India converted the King of Heterodox Views by manifesting supernatural powers and riding a cloud to the front of the king's palace. At that time, the great king asked the one riding the cloud, saying: "Are you heterodox, or are you orthodox?" The Venerable Prajñābodhi replied, saying: "I am neither heterodox nor orthodox, but have come to rectify the heterodox. Great king, if you are orthodox, then for me there is neither heterodox nor orthodox." The king asked again, saying: "What is the Buddha?" Prajñābodhi said: "Seeing the nature is the Buddha." The king said: "Does the master see the nature or not?" Prajñābodhi said: "I see the buddha-nature." The king said: "Where is the nature?" Prajñābodhi said: "The nature is in functioning." The king said: "What functioning is this? I do not see it now." Prajñābodhi said: "It functions right now, but the king himself does not recognize it." The king said: "Since what the master sees is said to have functioning, does it exist within me or not?" Prajñābodhi said: "If the king functions, what is present is entirely it; if the king does not function, its substance is also difficult to see." The king said: "If it is functioning, in how many places does it appear?" The master said: "When it comes forth in functioning, it has eight [aspects]." Standing tall on the cloud-crest, he told him in verse: / "In the womb, it is called the body; / In the world, it is called a person; / In the eye, it is called seeing; / In the ear, it is called hearing; / In the nose, it distinguishes scents; / In the mouth, it engages in discourse; / In the hands, it grasps and holds; / In the feet, it runs and travels. / Manifesting everywhere, it completely encompasses the dharmadhātu; / Withdrawn, it does not exceed a minute dust mote. / Those who understand know it is the buddha-nature; / Those who do not understand call it the soul."