The Six Patriarch's Platform Sutra

Bodhidharma

Guru — Mon, 10 May 2010 12:00:10 +0000

韋公曰。和尚所說可不是達摩大師宗旨乎。師曰是。公曰。弟子聞。達摩初化梁武帝。帝問云。朕一生造寺度僧。布施設齋。有何功德。達摩言。實無功德。弟子未達此理。願和尚為說。師曰。實無功德。勿疑先聖之言。武帝心邪不知正法。造寺度僧布施設齋。名為求福。不可將福便為功德。功德在法身中。不在修福。

Wei says, “Monk’s words the objective of Bodhidharma?” Guru says, “Yes.” Wei says, “I heard when Bodhidharma first tried to illuminate Emperor Liang, the king asked, ‘Through my life, I built temples, fostered the ordainment of monks,…

Ask Questions

Guru — Sat, 10 Apr 2010 12:00:35 +0000

六祖說：「一日韋刺吏。為師設大會齋。齋訖刺史請師陞座。同官僚士庶肅容再拜問曰。弟子聞和尚說法實不可思議。今有少疑。願大慈悲特為解說。師曰。有疑即問。吾當為說。」

One day, Governor Wei holds a grand vegetarian banquet in honor of the Guru. After the banquet, the Governor implores the Guru to ascend the throne. The Governor, along with the dignitaries and commoners, all respectfully bow down and…

Buddha Comes Out the South of Five Ridges

Guru — Sat, 03 Apr 2010 12:00:06 +0000

師復曰：『今於大梵寺說此頓教，普願法界眾生，言下見性成佛』。時韋使君與官僚道俗，聞師所說，無不省悟。一時作禮，皆嘆善哉！何期嶺南有佛出世。

Guru then said, “Today in the Great Brahma Temple I speak the sudden teaching. I hope all beings in the dharma realm, upon hearing the words, enlighten and achieve buddhahood.” Governor Wei, other officials, and ordained and at-home practitioners,…

Destroy Right and Wrong

Guru — Sat, 27 Mar 2010 12:00:42 +0000

正見名出世。邪見名世間。邪正盡打卻。菩提性宛然。此頌是頓教。亦名大法船。迷聞經累劫。悟則剎那間。

Right view is transcendental, deviant view is worldly. Deviant and right completely destroyed, the Bodhi nature appears spontaneously. This ode is the sudden teaching, also called the great dharma boat. When confused, bear through ages; when enlightened, awaken in…

It’s Right Here

Guru — Sat, 20 Mar 2010 12:00:23 +0000

欲擬化他人，自須有方便。勿令彼有疑，即是自性現。佛法在世間，不離世間覺。離世覓菩提，恰如求兔角。

To liberate others, calls for expedient means. Let them have no doubt, makes self nature show. Buddha dharma lives in this world, enlightenment inseparable from the mundane. Depart this world to seek Bodhi, is foraging for rabbit horns.

You should…

See No Fault

Guru — Sat, 13 Mar 2010 12:00:51 +0000

若見他人非，自非卻是左；他非我不非，我非自有過。但自卻非心，打除煩惱破；憎愛不關心，長伸兩腳臥。

If I find another’s flaw, condemning him is my fault. His wrongdoings I do not fault, doing so is my flaw. Eliminate the mind of forming opinions, to quash all the stress. Not concerned with dislikes and likes, I…

Cultivator’s Way

Guru — Sat, 06 Feb 2010 12:00:01 +0000

波波度一生，到頭還自懊，欲得見真道，行正即是道。自若無道心，闇行不見道，若真修道人，不見世間過。

Bustling through life, at the end regrets abound. Wishing to see the way, right action is the way. Without mind of the way, walk in darkness without seeing the way. A true cultivator of the way is blind to…

Cast Away Right and Wrong

Guru — Sat, 30 Jan 2010 12:00:05 +0000

邪來煩惱至。正來煩惱除。邪正俱不用。清淨至無餘。菩提本自性。起心即是妄。淨心在妄中。但正無三障。世人若修道。一切盡不妨。常自見己過。與道即相當。色類自有道。各不相妨惱。離道別覓道。終生不見道。

Wrong comes; stress arrives, right comes; stress vacates.
Cast aside right and wrong, untainted with no remainder.

Bodhi is self-nature, emerging of view is wrong.
In the wrong finds pure mind, righteousness frees from three obstructions.…

All Dharma Return to Seeing Self-Nature

Guru — Sat, 23 Jan 2010 12:00:42 +0000

聽吾頌曰：說通及心通，如日處虛空，唯傳見性法，出世破邪宗。法即無頓漸，迷悟有遲疾，只此見性門，愚人不可悉。說即雖萬般，合理還歸一，煩惱闇宅中，常須生慧日。

Listen to my ode. Impart through speech and mind; like the sun positions in the sky; transmit only the dharma to realize nature; renounce the world to shatter the wrong. Dharma is neither sudden nor gradual; enlightenment may be…

Ode to No-Form

Guru — Sat, 16 Jan 2010 12:00:09 +0000

恐愚人不解，謗此法門，百劫千生，斷佛種性。善知識！吾有一無相頌，各須誦取，在家出家，但依此修；若不自修，惟記吾言，亦無有益。

Fearing the incomprehension by the ignorant may give rise to slandering of this dharma-gate, which will annihilate the seed of Buddhahood for hundreds of kalpas and thousands of incarnations. Virtuous and knowledgeable friends, I have an Ode to No-Form,…