佛祖統紀 29.8

29.8

二祖慧可（舊名神光）武牢姬氏。事達磨六年。一日問曰。諸佛法印可得聞否。磨曰。諸佛法印匪從人得。師曰。我心未安。乞師安心。磨曰。將心來與汝安。師曰。覓心了不可得。磨曰。與汝安心竟。初達磨以楞伽四卷授之曰。仁者依行自可得度。師告弟子曰。此經四世後轉成名相。一何可悲。師既傳法僧璨。謂曰。吾有宿累今當償之。遂往鄴都行化。隋開皇十二年。於管城正救寺談無上道。有和法師先講涅槃經。學徒稍稍引去聽法。和不勝憤。讒於邑令加以非法。師怡然委順而終。年一百七。塔礠州汾陽縣。唐德宗朝追諡太祖禪師。

The Second Patriarch, Huike (formerly named Shenguang), of the Ji clan in Wulao, served Bodhidharma for six years. One day he asked: "May I hear the Dharma-seal of the Buddhas?" Bodhidharma said: "The Dharma-seal of the Buddhas is not obtained from others." The Master said: "My mind is not at peace; I beg the Master to pacify my mind." Bodhidharma said: "Bring me your mind, and I will pacify it for you." The Master said: "I have searched for my mind, but it is completely unobtainable." Bodhidharma said: "I have pacified your mind for you." Previously, Bodhidharma had handed him the four fascicles of the Laṅkāvatāra, saying: "If you, benevolent one, practice in accordance with this, you will naturally be able to attain liberation." The Master told his disciples: "Four generations after this, this sūtra will turn into mere names and marks. How lamentable!" After the Master transmitted the Dharma to Sengcan, he said to him: "I have past debts that must now be repaid." He then went to the capital of Ye to carry out transformation. In the twelfth year of the Kaihuang era of the Sui, he expounded the unsurpassed Way at Zhengjiu Temple in Guancheng. A Dharma Master He had previously been lecturing on the Mahāparinirvāṇa Sūtra, and his students gradually slipped away to hear [Huike's] preaching of the Dharma. He, unable to contain his wrath, slandered him to the district magistrate, who subjected him to unlawful punishment. The Master placidly and obediently met his end at the age of one hundred and seven. His pagoda is in Fenyang County, Cizhou. During the reign of Emperor Dezong of the Tang, he was posthumously titled Chan Master Dazu.