傳法正宗記 7.6

7.6

大鑒之二世。曰南嶽懷讓禪師。金州人也。初自嵩山安國師法會往參六祖大鑒。大鑒問曰。什麼處來。曰嵩山來。大鑒曰。什麼物恁麼來。讓曰。說似一物即不中。大鑒曰。還可修證否。讓曰。修證即不無。污染即不得。大鑒曰。秖此不污染。諸佛之所護念。汝既如是吾亦如是。昔般若多羅所讖。蓋於汝足下出一馬駒。蹋殺天下人。病在汝心不須速說。讓即豁然大悟。事大鑒歷十五載。尋往南嶽居般若精舍。四方學者歸之。故其所出法嗣凡九人。一曰江西道一者。一曰南嶽常浩者。一曰智達者。一曰坦然者。一曰潮州神照者。一曰揚州嚴峻者。一曰新羅國本如者。一曰玄晟者。一曰東霧法空者。

In the second generation of Dajian was Chan Master Nanyue Huairang, a man of Jinzhou. Originally, from the assembly of National Preceptor An of Mount Song, he went to visit the Sixth Patriarch Dajian. Dajian asked, "From what place do you come?" He replied, "I come from Mount Song." Dajian said, "What thing comes thus?" Rang replied, "To speak of it as resembling a single thing would miss the mark." Dajian said, "Can it still be cultivated and realized?" Rang said, "It is not that cultivation and realization do not exist, but that it cannot be defiled." Dajian said, "Just this non-defilement is what all buddhas protect and keep in mind. You are thus; I am also thus. Formerly, Prajñātāra prophesied that from under your feet a young colt will come forth and trample to death everyone under heaven. This illness lies in your mind; there is no need to speak of it quickly." Rang was instantly and thoroughly awakened. He served Dajian for fifteen years, and soon went to Nanyue, where he resided at the Prajñā Hermitage; students from the four quarters converged upon him. The Dharma heirs issuing from him thus numbered nine persons in all: one was Daoyi of Jiangxi; one was Changhao of Nanyue; one was Zhida; one was Tanran; one was Shenzhao of Chaozhou; one was Yanjun of Yangzhou; one was Bon'yo of Silla; one was Xuansheng; and one was Fakong of Dongwu.