[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) › 5.6 # 景德傳燈錄 5.6 景德傳燈錄 5.6 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [5.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2076.5.6) 韶州法海禪師者曲江人也。初見六祖問曰。即心即佛願垂指喻。祖曰。前念不生即心。後念不滅即佛。成一切相即心。離一切相即佛。吾若具說窮劫不盡。聽吾偈曰。 > Chan Master Fahai of Shaozhou was a native of Qujiang. When he first met the Sixth Patriarch, he asked: "'The mind itself is Buddha'—I pray you bestow instruction and metaphor." The Patriarch said: "When the preceding thought does not arise, that is mind; when the succeeding thought is not extinguished, that is Buddha. To form all marks is mind; to be free of all marks is Buddha. If I were to explain it fully, even endless kalpas would not exhaust it. Listen to my verse:" > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 5.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2076.5.5) - [Next: 5.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2076.5.7) - [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.5.6) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (1) - [六祖大師法寶壇經](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2008.1.84) — Classical Chinese --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2076.5.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2076.5.6) · Pramāṇa