宗鏡錄 98.35

98.35

黃蘗和尚云。達磨西來。唯傳一心法。直下指一切眾生心。本來是佛。不假修行。但今識取自心。見自本性。莫別求法。云何識自心。即如。今言語者是。汝心。若不言語又不作用。心體猶如虛空相似。實無相貌。亦無方所。亦不一向是無。只是有而不見。又云。但悟一心。更無少法可得。此即真佛。佛與眾生一心。更無有異。不如言下自認取本法。此法即心。心外無法。此心即法。法外無心。

The monk Huangbo said: Bodhidharma came from the West only to transmit the dharma of the one mind, directly pointing out that the minds of all sentient beings are originally Buddha, not relying on cultivation. Only now recognize your own mind and see your original nature; do not seek another dharma. How to recognize one's own mind? That which is speaking right now is your mind. If it does not speak and does not function, the substance of the mind is similar to empty space: it truly has no shape or characteristics, nor any location. Nor is it entirely non-existent; it is simply existent yet unseen. He also said: Merely awaken to the one mind, and there is not the slightest dharma to be attained; this is the true Buddha. The Buddha and sentient beings are of one mind, with no difference at all. It is better to acknowledge the fundamental dharma for oneself beneath the words. This dharma is the mind; outside the mind there is no dharma. This mind is the dharma; outside the dharma there is no mind.