傳法正宗記 7.6

7.6

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.