[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) › [佛祖歷代通載](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2036) › 13.5 # 佛祖歷代通載 13.5 佛祖歷代通載 13.5 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [13.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2036.13.5) （二）　先天元年。三十三祖惠能大師示寂。姓盧氏。其先范陽人。父行瑫。武德中左官于南海之新州。遂占籍焉。三歲喪父其母守志掬養。及長家貧。師樵采以給。一日負薪至市中。聞客讀金剛經。悚然問客曰。此何法。得於何人。客曰。此名金剛經。得於黃梅忍大師。歸告於母以為法尋師直抵黃梅。忍大師一見默識之。後傳衣法令隱于懷集四會之間。儀鳳元年正月八日屆于南海。及返曹溪雨大法雨。一日示眾曰。諸善知識各各淨心聽吾說法。汝等諸人自心是佛。更莫狐疑。外無一物而能建立。皆是本心生萬種法。故經云。心生種種法生。心滅種種法滅。若欲成就種智。須達一相三昧一行三昧。若於一切處而不住相。於諸法中不生憎愛。亦無取舍。不念利益成壞等事。安閒恬靜虛融淡泊。此名一相三昧。若於一切處行住坐臥純一直心。不動道場即成淨土。名一行三昧。若人具二三昧。如地有種能含藏長養成就其實。一相一行亦復如是。我今說法猶如時雨普潤大地。汝等佛性譬如種子遇茲沾洽悉得發生承吾言者決獲菩提。依吾行者定證妙果。師說法度人。往來學者嘗逾千數。明年七月辭歸新州故宅國恩寺。其徒泣曰。師歸當復來不。師曰。葉落歸根來時無口。又問。師之法眼何人傳受。師曰。有道者得無心者通。至國恩寺。以八月三日示眾曰。吾受忍大師衣法。今為汝等說法不付其衣。蓋汝等信根已熟決定無疑。堪任大事。聽吾偈曰。心地含諸種。普雨悉皆萌。頓悟花情已。菩提果自成。復謂眾曰。其法無二。其心亦然。其道清淨亦無諸相。汝等不用觀靜及空其心。此心本淨無可取舍各自努力隨緣好去。吾涅槃時至珍重。即跏趺而逝。於是山林變白鳥獸哀鳴。綵雲香霧連日不開。既時廣州都督韋據率韶新二郡官吏。迎奉全身歸于曹溪寶林寺建塔。真身今尚存焉。舊唐史曰則天聞神秀名詔至都。肩輿入殿親加跪禮。勅當陽山剏度門寺以旌其德。時王公已下及京城士庶。聞風爭來謁見。望塵拜伏日以萬數。初神秀與惠能同師弘忍。而行業相埒。及忍卒能住韶州廣果寺。韶陽山中舊多虎豹。一夕去盡。遠近驚歎咸歸伏焉。秀嘗奏則天。請召能赴闕。能固辭。秀復自作書重邀之。能謂使者曰。吾形貌矬陋。北土見之恐不敬吾法。又先師以吾南中有緣。亦不可違。及中宗召之。竟不度嶺而卒。天下散傳其法。謂秀為北宗。能為南宗。 > (2) In the first year of Xiantian, the Thirty-third Patriarch, the Great Master Huineng, demonstrated nirvāṇa. His surname was Lu. His ancestors were people of Fanyang. His father, Xingtao, was demoted during the Wude era to Xinzhou in Nanhai, and subsequently registered as a resident there. At three years of age, he lost his father; his mother kept her resolve and reared him. When he grew up, the family was poor, and the master gathered firewood to provide for them. One day, carrying firewood into the market, he heard a traveler reciting the Diamond Sūtra. Startled, he asked the traveler, "What teaching is this? From whom was it obtained?" The traveler said, "This is called the Diamond Sūtra; it was obtained from the Great Master Ren of Huangmei." He returned to inform his mother, and for the sake of the Dharma sought a master, going directly to Huangmei. The Great Master Ren recognized him silently at first sight. Later, he transmitted the robe and the Dharma to him, and told him to conceal himself between Huaiji and Sihui. On the eighth day of the first month of the first year of Yifeng, he arrived at Nanhai. When he returned to Caoxi, he rained the great Dharma rain. One day, he instructed the assembly, saying: "Virtuous friends, each of you purify your mind and listen to my expounding of the Dharma. You people's own minds are the Buddha; do not harbor further doubts. Outside, there is not a single thing that can be established; it is entirely the original mind that generates the myriad kinds of phenomena. Therefore, the sūtra says: 'When the mind arises, diverse phenomena arise; when the mind ceases, diverse phenomena cease.' If you wish to accomplish the wisdom of all modes, you must realize the samādhi of one mark and the samādhi of one practice. If in all places you do not abide in marks, and toward all phenomena do not generate hatred or affection, nor grasping or abandoning, and do not contemplate matters such as benefit, success, or decay, but remain at ease, calm, vacuous, harmonious, and detached, this is called the samādhi of one mark. If in all places, whether walking, standing, sitting, or lying down, you maintain a purely straight mind, the unmoving site of enlightenment is immediately the pure land; this is called the samādhi of one practice. If a person possesses both samādhis, it is like the earth containing seeds that can preserve, nurture, and bring their fruits to fruition; the one mark and the one practice are also like this. My expounding the Dharma now is like seasonal rain universally moistening the great earth. Your Buddha-nature is like seeds encountering this soaking moisture, all being able to sprout. Those who accept my words will certainly attain bodhi; those who rely on my practice will definitely realize the wondrous fruit." The Master expounded the Dharma and saved people, with scholars coming and going often exceeding a thousand in number. In the seventh month of the next year, he bid farewell to return to the Guo'en Monastery at his old home in Xinzhou. His disciples wept and said, "When the Master returns, will you come back again?" The Master said, "Fallen leaves return to their roots; when I come, I will have no mouth." They also asked, "To whom is the Master's Dharma-eye transmitted?" The Master said, "One who has the Way obtains it; one who has no mind penetrates it." Arriving at Guo'en Monastery, on the third day of the eighth month he instructed the assembly, saying: "I received the robe and Dharma from Great Master Ren. Now I expound the Dharma for you without handing down the robe. Because your roots of faith are already mature, resolute, and free of doubt, you are capable of assuming the great task. Listen to my gāthā: / The mind ground contains all seeds; / Under the universal rain, they all sprout. / Once the flower of emotional awakening is realized, / The fruit of bodhi naturally matures." He further said to the assembly: "Its Dharma is non-dual; its mind is also like this. Its Way is pure and free of all marks. You do not need to contemplate stillness or empty your mind. This mind is originally pure, with nothing to grasp or abandon. Each of you strive and go forth well according to conditions. The time of my nirvāṇa has arrived; take care!" He then sat cross-legged and passed away. Thereupon, the mountains and forests turned white, birds and beasts cried sorrowfully, and colorful clouds and fragrant mists did not disperse for consecutive days. At that time, the Area Commander of Guangzhou, Wei Ju, led officials of the two commanderies of Shao and Xin to welcome and escort his whole body back to Baolin Monastery in Caoxi to erect a stupa. His true body still exists today. The Old Tang History states: Zetian heard Shenxiu's renown and summoned him to the capital, having him carried in a sedan chair into the palace hall and personally kneeling in reverence to him. She ordered the founding of Dumen Monastery on Mount Dangyang to honor his virtue. At that time, from princes and dukes on down to the scholars and commoners of the capital, upon hearing of his wind, they vied to come and see him, bowing in the dust day after day by the tens of thousands. Formerly, Shenxiu and Huineng were fellow students under Hongren, their practices and conduct being equal. When Ren died, Neng resided at Guangguo Monastery in Shaozhou. Formerly, there were many tigers and leopards in the Shaoyang Mountains; in one night, they all disappeared, and those near and far were astonished and sighed, all submitting to him. Xiu once memorialized Zetian, requesting that Neng be summoned to the palace. Neng firmly declined. Xiu again personally wrote a letter repeatedly inviting him. Neng said to the messenger, "My appearance is short and rustic. If people in the north see it, I fear they will not respect my Dharma. Moreover, my late master considered that I have affinity in the south, so this cannot be disobeyed." Even when Zhongzong summoned him, he ultimately did not cross the mountains, and passed away. His Dharma was widely transmitted throughout the empire; Xiu was called the Northern School, and Neng was called the Southern School. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 13.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2036.13.4) - [Next: 13.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2036.13.6) - [Up: 13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2036.13) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2036~en-mt.13.5) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (2) - [傳法正宗記](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2078.6.28) — Classical Chinese - [六祖大師法寶壇經](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2008.1.146) — Classical Chinese --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2036.13.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2036.13.5) · Pramāṇa