宗鏡錄 98.54

98.54

長沙和尚偈云。最甚深。最甚深。法界人身便是心。迷者迷心為眾剎。悟時剎海是真心。身界二塵元實相。分明達此號知音。又學人問。盡法界眾生識心。最初從何而有。偈答云。性地生心主。心為萬法師。心滅心師滅。方得契如如。

Master Changsha's verse says: 'Most extremely deep, most extremely deep: / the dharmadhātu and the human body are just the mind. / Deluded people mistake the mind for the multitude of lands; / when awakened, the ocean of lands is the true mind. / The two dusts of body and realm are originally the real mark; / clearly comprehending this, one is called an intimate knower.' A student also asked: 'From what did the discriminating consciousness of sentient beings throughout the entire dharmadhātu originally arise?' The verse of reply said: 'The ground of nature gives birth to the master of the mind; / the mind is the teacher of the ten thousand dharmas. / When the mind ceases, the teacher of the mind ceases, / and only then does one accord with suchness.'