[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) › [景德傳燈錄](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2076) › 5.39 # 景德傳燈錄 5.39 景德傳燈錄 5.39 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [5.39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2076.5.39) 信州智常禪師者本州貴谿人也。髫年出家志求見性。一日參六祖。祖問。汝從何來欲求何事。師曰。學人近往洪州建昌縣白峯山。禮大通和尚。蒙示見性成佛之義。未決狐疑。至吉州遇人指迷令投謁和尚。伏願垂慈攝受。祖曰。彼有何言句。汝試舉似於吾。與汝證明。師曰。初到彼三月未蒙開示。以為法切故。於中夜獨入方丈禮拜哀請。大通乃曰。汝見虛空否。對曰見。彼曰。汝見虛空有相貌否。對曰。虛空無形有何相貌。彼曰。汝之本性猶如虛空。返觀自性了無一物可見。是名正見。無一物可知。是名真知。無有青黃長短。但見本源清淨覺體圓明。即名見性成佛。亦名極樂世界。亦名如來知見。學人雖聞此說猶未決了。乞和尚誨示令無凝滯。祖曰。彼師所說猶存見知故。令汝未了。吾今示汝一偈曰。 > Chan Master Zhichang of Xinzhou was a native of Guixi in the same prefecture. In his childhood he left home, aspiring to see his nature. One day he visited the Sixth Patriarch. The Patriarch asked: "Where have you come from, and what do you seek?" The Master said: "I recently went to Mount Baifeng in Jianchang County, Hongzhou, to pay homage to Upādhyāya Datong. I received his instruction on the meaning of seeing one's nature and becoming a Buddha, but my lingering doubts were not resolved. Reaching Jizhou, I met someone who pointed out my delusion and told me to visit the Upādhyāya. I humbly pray you will deign to extend compassion and accept me." The Patriarch said: "What words did he have? Try quoting them to me, and I will verify them for you." The Master said: "When I first arrived there, for three months I received no instruction. Because of my urgency for the Dharma, in the middle of the night I entered the abbot's quarters alone, bowed, and pleaded with him. Datong then said: 'Do you see empty space?' I replied, 'I see it.' He said: 'Do you see empty space having any appearance?' I replied: 'Empty space has no form; what appearance could it have?' He said: 'Your original nature is just like empty space. Turning to observe your self-nature, there is completely not a single thing to be seen—this is called right view. There is not a single thing to be known—this is called true knowledge. There is neither blue nor yellow, long nor short; merely seeing the original source to be pure and the substance of awakening perfectly luminous is called seeing nature and becoming a Buddha; it is also called the realm of ultimate bliss, and the vision and knowledge of the Tathāgata.' Although I heard this explanation, I am still not clear and resolved. I beg the Upādhyāya to instruct me so that there is no obstruction." The Patriarch said: "Because what that teacher said still retains seeing and knowing, it caused you not to understand clearly. I shall now show you a gāthā:" > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 5.38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2076.5.38) - [Next: 5.40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2076.5.40) - [Up: 5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2076.5) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2076~en-mt.5.39) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (1) - [六祖大師法寶壇經](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2008.1.105) — Classical Chinese --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2076.5.39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2076.5.39) · Pramāṇa