傳法正宗記 6.9

6.9

僧璨尊者。不知其何許人也。初以處士見慧可。尊者不稱姓名。因問答即有發悟。乃師其出家。可祖器之。謂得法寶。遂為名之。當後周之時。乃受戒於光福寺。戒後歸其師。復二載乃得授法。可祖嘗規曰。後必有難。汝當遠引避之。尊者從其言。遂去隱於舒之皖公山（今所謂山谷山寺者）凡三十餘年。其迹寖顯。學者知求其道。隋開皇間乃有沙彌曰道信者。一旦來禮其座下。問之曰。乞大師發我解脫法門。尊者曰。誰縛汝。曰無人縛。又曰。既無人縛。汝即是解脫。何須更求解脫。道信即悟。乃願以弟子禮事之。久之信往求戒於廬陵既還。尊者曰。汝已戒道亦備矣。吾即往之。昔如來大法眼藏今以付汝并其衣鉢。汝皆將之。聽吾偈曰。

Venerable Sengcan: it is not known what place he was from. At first, he met Huike as a retired scholar. The Venerable did not state his surname or personal name. Through their dialogue, he had an awakening, and thereupon took him as master and went forth. Patriarch Ke recognized his capacity, said that he had obtained a Dharma-jewel, and so gave him a name. During the Northern Zhou, he received the precepts at Guangfu Monastery. After receiving the precepts, he returned to his master. Two years later, he received the transmission of the Dharma. Patriarch Ke had once admonished him, saying, “Later there will surely be a calamity; you must retreat far away to avoid it.” The Venerable followed his words, and thereupon went to conceal himself on Mount Wangong in Shu (now called the Mountain Monastery of Shangu) for more than thirty years in all. His traces gradually became manifest, and students came to seek his Way. During the Kaihuang era of the Sui, there was a novice monk named Daoxin, who one day came to pay homage before his seat. He asked him, saying, “I beg the Great Master to reveal to me the Dharma gate of liberation.” The Venerable said, “Who binds you?” [Daoxin] said, “No one binds me.” [The Venerable] further said, “Since no one binds you, you are liberation itself; why seek further for liberation?” Daoxin immediately had an awakening, and wished to serve him as a disciple. After a long time, Xin went to seek the precepts in Luling; when he returned, the Venerable said, “You have received the precepts and your Way is also complete. I shall now depart. In the past, the Tathāgata’s Great Dharma-eye Treasury was entrusted down to me, and now I confer it upon you along with the robe and bowl. Take them all. Listen to my verse:”