Yongjia Xuanjue Zen Master, a native of Wenzhou, because of his reading of "Vimala", he occasionally met the ** Xuan Ce of the Sixth Ancestor Huineng, and had a dialogue with him.
Xuan Ce asked him:"I don't know which master you come from?”
Xuan Jue touched his head, "I have many teachers, but when it comes to enlightenment, it is."When I read Vimalaya, I was clear-sighted, and I didn't find anyone to confirm it for me
Xuan Ce thought to himself, this is a talent, you have to fool me **. And he said unto him, ".King WeiyinIn the past, he was enlightened when he was enlightened, but after King Weiyin, there was no teacher who became enlightened alone, and it was considered a foreign way. “
King Weiyin actually refers to the nature of the heartBefore I have a clear mind, I will feel that I understand this truth, that knowledge, is to feel different from others, different from the past;After the clear mind, it was originally perfect, it was originally like this, who realized?What is there to learn?）
As soon as Xuan Jue heard this, you kid is a master, and immediately expressed his heart, "I see you as an enlightened person, and your words are very insightful, so it's good for you to prove it for me." “
Xuan Ce waved his hand again and again, "I'm just a small shrimp, there is a Six Ancestors Master in Caoxi, and the masters of the Quartet have come to him to confirm it." If you have a confirmed idea, I'll go with you. “
Xuan Jue packed up and went to Cao Xi with Xuan Ce, just in time to see that the sixth ancestor Huineng did not start the class, standing in the courtyard and not knowing what he was thinking, Xuan Ce saluted the teacher, Xuan Jue did not have the same as him, but took a tin staff around Huineng three times, and then Zhenxi stood, having his own atmosphere.
Huineng asked, "The monks have 3,000 prestige and 80,000 fine deeds." Where does the master come from, and why is it so slow to be big?Off the beaten path?(etiquette)".
Xuan Jue is neither humble nor arrogant, "Just because."Life and death are big, and impermanence is fast。**Can you take care of these subsections?“
Huineng asked rhetorically, "Life and death are big things, in order not to look at the immortal self?."Impermanence is rapid, and there is a constant greatness”
Xuan Jue replied, "There is no self in the first place, how to take it?"There is no speed in the first place, how to break it?”
Huineng grinned, "If this is the case, Dade is a person with proof and achievement." ”
Xuan Jue went through the process according to the usual etiquette at this time, and after chatting for a while, he was about to leave. Master Huineng retained, "You don't have to be in such a hurry to go home, right?"”。Xuan Jue said, "I don't move, why is it fast or slow?"”
Master Huineng threw a rhetorical question, "Then who knows what is moving and what is not moving?"”
Xuan Jue, "Those who know naturally know." ”
Master Huineng, "You have really grasped the essence of 'lifelessness'. “
Xuan Jue, "Is there still the essence of 'Wusheng'?"“
Master Huineng, "Who is talking to me without essence?"“
Xuan Jue, "You might as well not be different." ‘
Master Huineng said, "Good, it's not easy to come once, rest for one night tonight and come back tomorrow." ”
Xuanjue did not shirk any more, stayed overnight that night, returned to his dojo the next day, and later wrote a "Song of the Preaching Dao" popular in the world, after his death, the palace was called "Master Wuxiang", which was recognized by everyone as a great virtue of enlightenment.
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