[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Buddhist Literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha) › [Taishō Tripiṭaka (Chinese Buddhist canon)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho) › [佛祖統紀](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2035) › 29.9 # 佛祖統紀 29.9 佛祖統紀 29.9 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [29.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2035.29.9) 三祖僧璨。初以白衣見二祖。問曰。弟子身纏風疾。請師懺罪。祖曰。將罪來與汝懺。師曰。覓罪了不可得。祖曰。與汝懺罪竟。宜依佛法僧。師曰。今見和上已知是僧。未審何以名佛法。祖曰。是心是佛。是心是法。法佛無二。僧寶亦然。師曰。今日始知罪性不在內外中間。其心亦然。佛法無二。祖大器之。即為鬀髮具戒已畢。復告之曰。達磨大師以正法眼藏密授於吾。吾今付汝。及以信衣。汝當護持。屬周武廢教。往來司空山積十餘年。隋開皇初居皖公山。傳法道信。優游江國。大業二年復還舊山。為眾說法。合掌儼立而逝。葬於山谷寺。唐玄宗朝。追諡鏡智禪師。 > The Third Patriarch was Sengcan. At first, as a layman, he came to meet the Second Patriarch and asked: 'This disciple's body is beset by wind-disease. I request that the master grant me repentance for my sins.' The Patriarch said: 'Bring forward your sins, and I will perform repentance for you.' The Master said: 'When I search for my sins, they cannot be found at all.' The Patriarch said: 'I have completed the repentance for your sins. You should rely upon the Buddha, the Dharma, and the Sangha.' The Master said: 'Seeing the upādhyāya now, I already know you are of the Sangha. But I have not yet understood what are named Buddha and Dharma.' The Patriarch said: 'This mind is the Buddha; this mind is the Dharma. Dharma and Buddha are not two. The Sangha-jewel is also like this.' The Master said: 'Today for the first time I know that the nature of sin is neither within, nor without, nor in between. The mind is also like this; the Buddha and the Dharma are not two.' The Patriarch recognized his great capacity, immediately shaved his hair, and administered the full precepts. He then told him: 'Great Master Bodhidharma secretly entrusted the treasury of the true Dharma eye to me. I now confer it upon you along with the robe of faith. You must protect and uphold it.' During the suppression of the teaching under Emperor Wu of the Northern Zhou, \[Sengcan\] went back and forth to Mount Sikong for more than ten years. At the beginning of the Kaihuang era of the Sui, he resided at Mount Wangong and transmitted the Dharma to Daoxin. He wandered freely throughout the regions south of the Yangtze River. In the second year of the Daye era, he returned again to his former mountain and expounded the Dharma for the assembly. Joining his palms and standing upright with solemn dignity, he passed away. He was buried at Shangu Monastery. In the reign of Emperor Xuanzong of the Tang, he was posthumously granted the title Zen Master Jingzhi. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 29.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2035.29.8) - [Next: 29.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2035.29.10) - [Up: 29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2035.29) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2035~en-mt.29.9) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2035.29.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2035.29.9) · Pramāṇa