The Platform Sutra of the Sixth Patriarch, Vol. 1

Published on 7 May 2022 at 12:05

Quotes from The Platform Sutra of the Sixth Patriarch, Vol. 1

 

"The patriarch kept his robe (kaṣāya) hidden and would not let anyone see it. He preached the Diamond Sutra for me. When he reached the word...."should be non-abiding and bringing forth the mind,” I experienced instantaneous enlightenment, [realizing that] all the myriad dharmas do not transcend their self-natures. I informed the patriarch of this, saying:

“No matter when, the self-natures are fundamentally and naturally pure.

No matter when, the self-natures are fundamentally neither generated nor extinguished.

No matter when, the self-natures are fundamentally and naturally sufficient unto themselves.

No matter when, the self-natures are fundamentally without movement.

No matter when, the self-natures are able to generate the myriad dharmas.”

 

六祖大師法寶壇經》卷 1

【「祖以袈裟遮圍,不令人見,為說《金剛經》;至應無所住而生其心,惠能言下大悟「一切萬法,不離自性」。遂啟祖言:「何期自性本自清淨,何期自性本不生滅,何期自性本自具足,何期自性本無動搖,何期自性能生萬法。」】