The first comment in Biyan Collection reads: When Dharma viewed this place from a distance, there was a Mahayana root tool, so it was obtained from the sea and only passed on to show its lost way; Don't stand on words, point directly at people's hearts, and see nature become Buddha.

This is the source of the 16-character mystery of Zen Buddhism, "Don't stand in words, don't tell others, point directly at people's hearts, and see nature become Buddha".

Literally, if you don't write, you will pass on the teachings without writing. However, if you don't set up words, isn't it just setting up words? For thousands of years, Buddhism has a rich and vast collection of books, and great masters and scholars have written considerable works. Where did you get so many books without writing? The so-called silence of Zen Buddhism actually has a deeper meaning. What can't be written? It is "self-nature", and self-nature is intangible, so there is nothing to say. Every law has its own unchangeable nature, which is the nature of name and the cause of everything, but both cause and sex are explained in words, and what is explained in words is a false name. What is audible is called a name; What is visible to the naked eye is called phase, which is related to the reality of law. Ordinary people often distinguish this fake name, causing all kinds of confusion, so they say "stupid ordinary people, follow the name." So the real essence is not attached to words, and all words are illusory. Zen without words is prajna. True Buddhism is not in this voluminous classic works, they are just words. A truly enlightened person, who has no classics, no words and no existence in his heart, will naturally not be obsessed with words.

Just like, the sky, without speaking, runs in spring, summer, autumn and winter, and everything grows. Heaven, no words; Land is not a cliche. Heaven and earth, Universe Avenue and Universe Avenue are the so-called "Dharma", which is full of ten worlds.

Don't preach to different schools that distinguish Buddhism, for fear of misreading and misunderstanding the essence of Zen, so as to preserve its purity. I think Zen is a little narrow-minded if it holds such an idea. Mahayana Buddhism is to educate all sentient beings into nirvana. If we treat them differently, how can we say that all beings are equal, and how can we say that there is no phase? In fact, there are two schools of Buddhism, namely "internal teaching" and "foreign teaching", that is, master Sakyamuni teaches people with "words" and "sentences", which is called the method of internal teaching; What leaves words and sentences and directly prints the Buddha's heart on the heart is called the method of teaching foreign teachers, so there is a famous saying that "observing the mouth and teaching the heart is Zen". In short, "heart communicates the heart" outside teaching and "heart communicates the sound" inside teaching. In addition to teaching, you should communicate with your heart. Naturally, you don't need to preach, let alone preach. This sentence should be interpreted as "don't set up words, don't spread them around", which is easy to take out of context.

In this way, the transition to direct the heart will be very obvious. Pointing directly at people's hearts is to preach and teach. We should start from the heart and look at the heart with our heart. There is no sexual and non-sexual existence outside the heart. Conscious internal evidence, all internal and external laws, are just the realm of self-mind. All delusions are innate. In our view, everything in the world is impossible to obtain, and the law born of karma itself has no "self-nature" and nothing can be obtained. It is just the current state of "honesty" and "idealism of all laws", that is, wisdom is born with this heart and has no intention. Zen is aimed at people's hearts, at desperate hearts, not those illusory hearts and metaphysical changing hearts.

Seeing that nature becomes Buddha, nature means self-nature, and self-nature means "although it is natural, it is not born." All Buddhism and Buddhism are not born, nor are they born at all. They do not exist or interact with each other, but are "empty in origin", and their self-nature cannot be proved. The self-nature of all things is "no self". Those who say "you" and "you" and those who hold "emptiness" and "you" do not fully understand the nature of self. Everything is "born of sex", although it can give birth to everything, it will not die, although everything will die. Look at existence, come and go, live and die, and so on. All this is "empty" If you don't see sex, you will become a Buddha Buddha is self-nature, Buddha is not self-nature, Buddha is Buddha. The Buddha is only in his own heart, and when he realizes it, he can be altruistic. In fact, all beings are not Buddha's, they are all their own. As long as they are clear-headed, see nature clearly and reach the realm of sincerity and innocence, then their hearts are Buddha, so why go outside to find Buddha?

This is the same sentence, when is self-nature, this is tranquility; What self-nature period, this is not birth and death; When is self-nature, it is self-sufficiency; The self-nature of what period has never wavered; When it is self-nature, various laws can be made. All methods are inseparable from self-nature, and it is useless not to know the method of initial psychology. Knowing one's true heart and nature is a husband, a teacher of heaven and man, and a Buddha.

This is self-nature, that is, becoming a Buddha by name and becoming a Buddha by sex.

Therefore, it is important for Xi Zen to realize Tao, the phase is designed for enlightenment, and the purpose of setting the phase is to uglify it. The so-called reality of command is not one phase, heterogeneous, nonexistent, nonexistent, nonexistent, nonexistent, nonexistent, divorced from all phases, that is, divorced from all laws. All phases are illusory. Breaking all phases to the extreme means breaking all delusions and eliminating delusions. Why not treat them? Where else can we go without going back to the original point? Therefore, the interpretation of learning is impossible, illegal and illegal, and it is not attached to all laws. All laws are illegal. True enlightenment lies in not relying on words, but pointing directly at people's hearts. As long as you can realize, you will become a Buddha, not an ordinary person. Understanding lies in seeing your own nature.

"Don't write words, don't teach others, point to people's hearts, and see nature become Buddha", which is the beginning of Zen. Zen is passed down here, and enlightenment is here. The so-called leaving the country without thinking is unintentional, and the absolute mistake is beyond four sentences. Zen has nothing to say, the inheritors have the ultimate truth, and the way to nirvana is to see nature.

Zen believes that as long as "self-knowledge, see self-nature", you can.

Bronze statue of Huineng, the sixth ancestor

The Great Brahma Temple, the main body of the Tanjing, said that "Maha Prajna Paramita is Dharma, and there is no mutual precept when giving". "Say Maha Prajnaparamita" first reveals "Bodhi Prajnaparamita wisdom, the world has its own". So he established the "Ding Hui Bu Er"; "No phase is the body, no life is the foundation, and no mind is the teaching"; "Said maha prajna paramita, insight to see sex". This is the originality of inventions such as "Prajna", "Dinghui" and "Samadhi" according to the scriptures. Reveal the essence of "obsession" and practice the non-obsession method of "leaving the country consciously, not legally". "Giving without mutual precepts" directly shows the self-Buddha, self-three treasures, self-confession, self-degree and so on in the body and mind of all beings. The Buddha's interest in not seeking outside is particularly obvious. The words "merit lies in dharma body" and "pure land lies in self-mind" in the answer also accord with this point. In these two books, Tanjing takes "self-nature" as the theme, implements everything, directly expresses self-nature and regards self-nature as Buddha.

Huineng's "Say Maha Prajna Paramita" inherits the Zen Buddhism since Daoxin, and it is a first-class "don't read the Buddha, don't look at the heart, don't look at the net". Huineng established the Zen Buddhism of "regarding nature as Buddha" on the cornerstone of Dongshan tradition, and integrated the theory of the Great Nirvana Sutra, a popular Buddhism in the south. The Buddhist nature of Nirvana Sutra is another name for Tathagata. If you come to Tibet, I am a Buddha, both a Hinayana and a Bodhisattva. For example, the Great Nirvana Sutra said: "Although the Bodhisattva has paramita, even the tenth power, it has failed to see the Buddha's nature. For example, even if it is rare. " What can be seen clearly is the Buddha, as the Great Nirvana Sutra says: "All Buddhas are Buddha gods and are wise, so they can see the nature of Buddha clearly and forget it."

Only the Buddha can see the Buddha's nature, and it is clear that the Buddha's nature is the Buddha, so Liang, a monk in the Liang Dynasty, said that "seeing the nature becomes a Buddha". Master Yin Shun believes that this reflects the relationship between "equal wisdom" and "seeing nature as a Buddha", and also finds the source of "equal wisdom" and "seeing nature as a Buddha" in the Tanjing. Cao and Huineng combined the Buddhist nature of Nirvana Sutra ── "Seeing nature and becoming Buddha". Compared with the "true" Zen of Buddhism and the "chanting Buddha is Buddha" of Taoism, it has a wider connotation, but its essence is the Tathagata-Tibet theory passed down in one vein. However, Cao Xichan combines "Buddha nature" (that is, "I"), which is more popular and simple, more suitable for most people's hearts, and more full of the characteristics of "true self". [4]?

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Cao's Zen style is not only "seeing nature and becoming a Buddha", but also "pointing directly at the heart". There is a Zen level under Dongshan Gate. Generally speaking, it is "chanting Buddha's name to purify the soul". If scholars understand it, it is "the secret comes from presentation, and there is reason and law." The method of awarding is unknown to outsiders, which is the "secret meaning" and "mudra" of "secret benefit" Huineng doesn't need to recite Buddha and purify the soul, but "says that Maha Prajna has many paramita, and there is no prohibition", bluntly pointing out that "the nature of all beings can't stop"; "The concept of sex, although known, is always comfortable", which requires scholars to realize their self-nature from their own body and mind-"seeing nature". Although it is still a speech, it has reached the edge of the speech. This gives the secret of Dongshan Gate to the public. Huineng is "sharp" and "sharp"; Disciple "straight" and "straight". With Huineng's profound understanding and kindness, it is necessary for scholars to go straight and regard truth as nature, and the Zen style has taken on a new look.

Here, Dharma Zen experienced the second development: Tathagata Tibetan Zen from Dharma was originally learned by a few people, and it was not easy to get the honor of leading the clan. Under the fusion of "one line, three places", Daoxin and Hongren read Buddhism and meditated, opened the door and introduced the Deep Dharma. However, Dongshan's "practice and enlightenment" is bound to be the convenience of "looking at the heart, looking at the net, not moving, and not being able to afford". Cao Xi Huineng doesn't need the convenience of "reciting Buddha" and "seeing the heart", but simply says "having Bodhi Prajna wisdom" and "having no thought of teaching", asking people to "see the nature and become Buddha" from their own body and mind; On the basis of generalization, regardless of convenience, this paper directly and simply expounds the core of Lengga Tathagata Tibetan Zen. This is what the Tanjing called "Mahayana Tunjiao".

After the altar sutra, it was supplemented by Shenmen Gate and Hongzhou Gate, and Hongzhou Gate realized it from knowledge, movement and quietness. Under the door of God, from now on, we will use "mindless" to achieve it. This "outspoken" Karmia is not new, but it is circulating under the Dongshan Gate: besides religion, there are other sects-Dharma Zen, which entered the dharma world without words and connected with the heart. The original Tathagata Tibetan theory, from Dharma to Caoximen, is relatively open, simple and straightforward. Everyone has Buddha nature, and when he sees it, he becomes a Buddha; In other words, everyone has me, so it's reassuring to see me. For ordinary people, this is because it is simple and straightforward, easy to be accepted and experienced. Therefore, "whoever talks about Zen is subject to Cao Xi."

Six Ancestors' Tanjing —— The venerable drank heavily