景德傳燈錄 5.89

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There was also a Chan Master Zhen, who asked: "Since the Way is without mind, does the Buddha have a mind or not? Are the Buddha and the Way one or two?" The Master said: "Neither one nor different." Zhen said: "The Buddha delivers sentient beings because he has a mind; the Way does not deliver people because it is without mind. One delivers and one does not deliver; how can they not be two?" The Master said: "If you say that the Buddha delivers sentient beings while the Way has no delivery, this is the Venerable Sir falsely generating dualistic views. As for this mountain monk, it is not so. 'Buddha' is a provisional name; 'the Way' is also falsely established. Both are unreal; they are entirely provisional names. Within a single provisionality, how could two be distinguished?" Zhen asked: "Even if the Buddha and the Way are provisional names, when the names were established, who was it that established them? If there was an establisher, how can you say they do not exist?" The Master said: "The Buddha and the Way are established on account of the mind. When the mind that establishes them is thoroughly examined, that mind is also nonexistent. Since the mind is already nonexistent, one then awakens to both being unreal. Knowing that they are like dreams and illusions, one then awakens to fundamental emptiness. Forcibly establishing the two names 'Buddha' and 'Way' is the understanding of people of the two vehicles." The Master then spoke of no-cultivation and no-action, with a verse saying: