[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) › [傳法正宗記](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2078) › 5.45 # 傳法正宗記 5.45 傳法正宗記 5.45 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [5.45](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2078.5.45) 復謂慧可曰。此有楞伽經四卷者。蓋如來極談法要。亦可以與世開示悟入。今并付汝。然我於此屢為藥害。而不即死之者。蓋以茲赤縣神州雖有大乘之氣而未得其應故。久默待之。今得付受。其殆有終。既而與其徒即往禹門千聖寺。居無何會其城太守楊衒之者。其人素喜佛事。聞尊者至。乃來禮之。因問曰。西土五天竺國。師承為祖。其道如何。尊者曰。明佛心宗寸無差誤行解相應。名之曰祖。又問曰。秖此一義為別有耶。答曰。須明他心知其古今。不厭有無亦非取故。不賢不愚無迷無悟。若能是解亦名為祖。衒之復曰。弟子業在世俗。罕遇知識。小智所蔽不能見道。願師教之。使遵何道果。以何心得近佛祖。尊者為之說偈曰。 > He further said to Huike: "Here are the four fascicles of the Laṅkāvatāra Sūtra, which contain the Tathāgata's ultimate discourse on the essentials of the Dharma; they can also be used to open, reveal, awaken, and enter into it for the world. I now entrust them to you as well. However, I have repeatedly been poisoned here yet did not immediately die, because although this divine land of China has the capacity for the Mahāyāna, it had not yet found its response. Therefore, I remained silent for a long time waiting for it. Now that the transmission has been made, my end is likely near." Afterward, he and his disciples went to Qiansheng Monastery at Yumen. Before long, he met Yang Xuanzhi, the governor of that city. Yang had always taken joy in Buddhist affairs, and hearing that the Venerable One had arrived, he came to pay homage to him. He then asked: "In the western lands of the five Tianzhu kingdoms, masters are succeeded as patriarchs; what is their Way?" The Venerable One said: "To be clear about the Buddha-mind lineage without the slightest deviation, and to have practice and understanding correspond—this is called a patriarch." Yang asked again: "Is it only this one meaning, or is there another?" He replied: "One must understand the minds of others, know their past and present, neither detest existence and nonexistence nor grasp them, be neither worthy nor foolish, neither deluded nor awakened. If one can understand thus, one is also called a patriarch." Xuanzhi said further: "Your disciple's vocation lies in the secular world; I rarely meet good spiritual friends. Obscured by petty intellect, I cannot see the Way. I pray the master will instruct me: what fruit of the Way should I follow, and with what mind can I draw close to the Buddhas and patriarchs?" The Venerable One spoke a verse for him, saying: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 5.44](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2078.5.44) - [Next: 5.46](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2078.5.46) - [Up: 5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2078.5) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2078~en-mt.5.45) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (1) - [少室六門](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2009.1.96) — Classical Chinese --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2078.5.45](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2078.5.45) · Pramāṇa