1. Sakyamuni Buddha saw stars at night under the Bodhi tree and became a Buddha. The first words he said were: "It's amazing, it's amazing, it's amazing that all living beings have their own unique characteristics." The wisdom and virtue of the Tathagata cannot be attained only because of delusion and persistence. If one abandons delusion, there will be no teacher’s wisdom, natural wisdom, or all manifestations.” 2. I vow to learn the endless Dharma of my own nature, and I vow to achieve the supreme Buddha path of my own nature. ’ ‘Good Knowledge! Don’t you all know that there are boundless sentient beings that I vow to save? How to say it, and it is not Huinengdu. Good knowledge! The sentient beings in the heart, the so-called deluded mind, deceitful mind, unkind mind, jealous mind, malicious mind, etc., are all living beings, and each must save his own nature. This is called true salvation. ’ ‘What is the meaning of self-nature and self-control? That is to say, wrong views, worries, ignorance, and sentient beings in one’s heart will be corrected. Now that we have the right view, we can use Prajna wisdom to break through the ignorance, delusion and delusion of all living beings, and allow them to deal with each other in their own way. Evil comes to righteousness, delusion leads to enlightenment, foolishness comes to wisdom, and evil comes to good salvation. Those who save in this way are called true salvation. ’ ‘Furthermore, I vow to put an end to boundless afflictions, and use the wisdom of my own nature to get rid of false thoughts. Also, if you are willing to learn the endless Dharma, you must realize your own nature and always practice the righteous Dharma. This is called true learning. Furthermore, if we vow to achieve the Supreme Buddha Path, we can always set our minds to practice in the true way, free ourselves from confusion and enlightenment, always be born in Prajna, eliminate truth and delusion, and see the Buddha nature, that is, we can achieve the Buddha Path. Practicing with constant thoughts is the method of aspiration. Good knowledge! Now that I have made the Four Great Vows, I have even taught the Precepts of the Three Formless Refuges to good teachers. ’ ‘Good Knowledge! Taking refuge in enlightenment, the two-legged person is respected; taking refuge in the right, being free from desire; taking refuge in purity, being the most respected among all. From today on, I will call you my teacher, and I will not succumb to evil spirits and heretics. Use the Three Jewels of your own nature to always prove yourself, and encourage good friends to take refuge in the Three Jewels of your own nature. The Buddha is enlightened, the Dharma is righteous, and the monk is pure. When one's mind returns to enlightenment, evil delusions do not arise, one is content with few desires, and is able to be free from wealth and lust, he is called the Two-legged One. Return your mind to righteousness, think about the innocent views, and be innocent of the ordinary world, that is, there is no one, no one, no self, no high, greed, and attachment, which is called freedom from desire. His mind is pure, his nature is untainted by all the worldly labors of love and desire, and he is known as the most respected among all. If you practice this practice, you will take refuge on your own. Ordinary people will not do it. From mouth to night, you will receive the three refuge precepts. If you say you take refuge in the Buddha, where is the Buddha? If you don't see the Buddha, where can you go? The words turned out to be false. ’ ‘Good Knowledge! Observe each other, and don’t make mistakes. The sutra clearly states that one should take refuge in the Buddha himself, but does not say that one should take refuge in other Buddhas. If you never return to the Buddha, you will have nowhere to rely on. Now that you have realized yourself, you must take refuge in the Three Jewels of your mind, regulate your mind internally, and respect others externally. This is how you take refuge within yourself. ’ ‘Good Knowledge! Now that you have taken refuge in the Three Jewels and each has your own mind, I will teach you that the three bodies are one and have their own nature. "In my own body, I take refuge in the Buddhas who are thousands of incarnations; in my own body, I take refuge in the Perfect Sambhogakaya Buddha."' 'Good Knowledge! The physical body is a house of renunciation and cannot be told where to go. The three-kaya Buddha is in the self-nature. People in the world are always confused by their own minds and do not see the inner nature. They look for the three-kaya Tathagata outside and fail to see the three-kaya Buddha within themselves. You have heard that you can see within yourselves that there are three Buddhas in your own nature. This three-body Buddha is born from his own nature and cannot be obtained from outside. What is the name of the Pure Dharmakaya Buddha? The human nature of the world is pure, and all things arise from its own nature. Thinking about all evil things will lead to evil deeds; thinking about all good things will lead to good deeds. Such dharmas, in their own nature, are like the sky that is always clear, the sun and the moon that are always bright, covered by floating clouds, and the upper part is bright and the lower part is dark. Suddenly the wind blows the clouds away, and the upper and lower parts are bright, and all phenomena appear; the human nature of the world is always floating, like that Sky clouds. Good knowledge! Wisdom is like the sun, wisdom is like the moon; wisdom is always bright, but when it is attached to external circumstances, it is covered by floating clouds of delusional thoughts, and its true nature cannot be clear. If you meet a good teacher and hear the true Dharma, you will eliminate your confusion and become clear inside and outside. In your own nature, all dharmas will appear. The same will happen to those who see your nature. This is called the Pure Dharmakaya Buddha. ’ ‘Good Knowledge! Taking refuge in one's own nature is taking refuge in the true Buddha. Those who take refuge in themselves should get rid of the unwholesome thoughts, jealousy, flattery, self-centeredness, deception, contempt for others, arrogance of others, wrong views, lofty ideals, and all unwholesome deeds in their nature. Seeing one's own faults and not talking about other people's likes and dislikes is self-religion. You must always be resolute and act respectfully, that is, you will see your nature clearly and without hindrance, and you will take refuge in yourself. ’ ‘What are the tens of billions of incarnations called? If you don't think about the nature of all things, it is empty. If you think about it, it is called change. Thinking about evil things turns into hell; thinking about good things turns into heaven; poison turns into dragons and snakes; compassion turns into bodhisattva; wisdom turns into the upper realm; foolishness turns into the lower realm. The self-nature changes a lot. It is charming and unable to realize it. Thoughts of bad things arise, and it often leads to evil ways. When one thought of good things comes back, wisdom arises. This is called the incarnation of Buddha. ’ ‘What is the perfect sambhogakaya? For example, a lamp can eliminate a thousand years of darkness; a piece of wisdom can destroy ten thousand years of foolishness. Don't think about moving forward, for the past is unreachable; always think about what is behind you, thinking about the enlightenment. See your own nature. Although good and evil are different, your nature is the same. The non-dual nature is called the real nature. In the real nature, it is not tainted with good and evil. This is called the Perfect Sambhogakaya Buddha. A single evil thought from one's own nature will destroy the cause of good deeds for thousands of kalpas; a single good thought from one's own nature will lead to the end of all evils until the supreme Bodhi. Thinking about it and realizing it without losing the original thought is called Sambhogakaya. ’ ‘Good Knowledge! Thinking about the Dharmakaya is the Buddha incarnation; thinking about the self-nature and realizing it is the Buddha of the Sambhogakaya. Self-enlightenment, self-cultivation of one's own merits and virtues are the refuge; the skin and flesh are the physical body, and the physical body is the house, there is no mention of refuge. But when you realize the three bodies of your own nature, you know your own nature as Buddha.

’ (selected from the Sixth Patriarch’s Altar Sutra /books/0011.htm)