真心直說 1.4

1.4

Now, as for Straight Talk on the True Mind: Buddhas have joined hands to transmit it, and patriarchs have handed it down to one another; there is no other dharma besides this. The mind is the original source of every person, the nature of awakening of all Buddhas. All of the myriad dharmas are entirely within the one mind; the eighty-four thousand dharma-gates emerge from this. For those who awaken to this mind, ordinary and holy intermingle; for those who are deluded about this mind, saṃsāra is boundless. Mind turns along with phenomena; phenomena become manifest according to principle. When phenomena and principle are harmoniously merged, this is called "straight talk." Now, the bhikṣu Jinglin, blessed by his past lives, was fortunate to encounter this text. He resolved to recarve the printing blocks and circulate it, and asked me to write a preface to head the volume. My talent is base, my words clumsy, and my learning shallow; I am insufficient to elucidate its deep profundity. I have briefly prefaced straight talk on the true mind only to fulfill his request. Written at that time,