傳法正宗記 6.28

6.28

復曰。其法無二其心亦然。其道清淨亦無諸相。汝等慎勿觀淨及空其心。此心本淨無可取捨。各自努力隨緣好去。尊者說法度人。至是已四十載。先此甞命建浮圖於新州國恩寺。及其年之六月六日。復促其倍工疾成。然國恩寺蓋其家之舊址也。為塔之意乃欲報其父母之德耳。先天二年七月一日謂門人曰。吾將返新州。汝輩宜理舟檝。其時大眾皆哀慕請留。尊者曰。諸佛出現猶示涅槃。有來必去理之常耳。吾此形骸歸必有所。眾乃問曰。師從此去早晚却迴。曰葉落歸根來時無口。又問曰。師之法眼付授何人。曰有道者得無心者通。又問曰。師之遺教頗有難乎。曰吾滅之後方五六年。必有一人來取吾首。聽我偈曰。

He said further, "The Dharma is not two, and the mind is also like this. Its Way is pure and also without any marks. You must be careful not to contemplate purity or empty your mind. This mind is originally pure, with nothing to grasp or abandon. Exert yourselves, each of you, and go well in accord with conditions." The Venerable had preached the Dharma and delivered people, by this time, for forty years. Prior to this, he had once commanded that a pagoda be built at Guo'en Monastery in Xinzhou; and on the sixth day of the sixth month of that year, he again urged them to double the labour and hasten its completion. Guo'en Monastery was indeed the former site of his family home; the intention behind building the pagoda was merely to repay the virtue of his parents. On the first day of the seventh month of the second year of Xiantian, he said to his disciples, "I am about to return to Xinzhou. You should ready the boats and oars." At that time, the great assembly all mourned and begged him to remain. The Venerable said, "Even when the Buddhas appear, they still manifest nirvāṇa. Where there is coming, there must be going—this is the constant principle. For this bodily frame of mine, there must be a place of return." The assembly then asked, "Master, once you leave here, when will you return?" He said, "Fallen leaves return to their roots; when I came, I had no mouth." They also asked, "To whom is the Master's Dharma-eye entrusted?" He said, "One who has the Way attains it; one who is without mind comprehends it." They also asked, "Will there be any trouble for the Master's bequeathed teaching?" He said, "Only five or six years after my decease, there will surely be someone who comes to take my head. Listen to my gāthā:"