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贊曰：
孤危獨立 機智雙融
親承遺誡 往謁高風
爭能識得 眾角一麟
石頭路滑 出大智能
註解：
「孤危獨立。機智雙融」：在一個孤峰很危險的地方，他自己在那兒立著。他觀機逗教，這種智慧；機和智互相圓融。
「親承遺誡。往謁高風」：親承六祖大師的遺命，到青原謁行思禪師去。
「爭能識得，眾角一麟」：怎麼樣才能識得呢？在一切有角的裡邊，這個麟只有一個角，就夠了。
「石頭路滑，出大智能」：石頭就是希遷禪師，路很滑的，能出個大智慧，大能力。
或說偈曰：
弱冠志這謁曹溪
登堂入室證菩提
秉承遺命求深造
發明心地度群迷
無所從來何所去
既非清淨更未曲
石頭路滑須謹慎
縱橫法界任東西
註解：
「弱冠志道謁曹溪」：石頭城就是南京；弱冠就是二十歲；還有的叫石頭希遷。這位希遷禪師才二十歲就想要學道，想要出家修行了，所以是弱冠志道謁曹谿，到南華寺六祖大法會座下去求法。
「登堂入室證菩提」：到了那兒，六祖知道他是一個載道之器，是法門的棟樑，有用之材，所以就許可他登堂入室，傳法給他：傳法給他之後，他就開悟了。但是資歷還淺，經驗還不夠，所以六祖大師圓寂了之後，就又叫他去親近青原行思禪師，去跟青原學佛法。那麼行思禪師就很盡心的來教導他。
「秉承遺命求深造」：所以是稟承六祖大師的遺命，再求取深造，來研究佛法。
「發明心地度群迷」：因為深造，知道自性的本體，發明心地法門，澈悟了；了悟這一切一切都是虛妄不實的，所以他就不執著這虛妄不實的東西，來再教化一切眾生。
「無所從來何所去」：因為他明白了，他不忍和眾生脫節，於是乎他就以慈悲喜捨這個悲心切切來再教化眾生。不然的時候，像一些個自了漢，說：「我自己明白就算了，我管其他人幹什麼！」就不度眾生了，那就叫自了漢。在佛教裡說阿羅漢就是自了漢，所以佛罵阿羅漢，說他們是「焦芽敗種」，沒有什麼出息的一些個人。所以他要度群迷。
人的自性是無所從來，也無所去的，《金剛經》上說：「如來者，無所從來，亦無所去」，所以說「無所從來何所去？」既然沒有什麼來的地方，又到什麼地方去呢？不來不去。
「既非清淨更未曲」：沒有什麼染污，也沒有什麼彎曲。
「石頭路滑須謹慎」：南京石頭城裡的這位禪師，他的道路很難走的，要很小心很謹慎的。所以說石頭路滑須謹慎，你差一點就不行。你要能把這一條路走光了，會走了，怎麼樣呢？
「縱橫法界任東西」：你在法界都是悠悠自在，來去自由，願意活就活，願意死就死；來去自由，縱橫法界，隨便你願意到東方也可以，西方也可以，所以是任東西。
（「石頭希遷禪師」文完）
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A verse in praise says:
Standing alone on the dangerous mountain summit,
His observation skill and wisdom were both perfectly fused.
He personally received the final instructions.
The master went to visit the lofty one.
How is one able to recognize him?
Among all horned animals, the unicorn has one horn.
The road of stone was very slippery,
Yet there appeared one with great wisdom and ability.
Commentary:
A verse in praise of the Master says: Standing alone on the dangerous mountain summit. The Master stood in solitude at a dangerous place on a lone mountain summit.
His observation skill and wisdom were both perfectly fused. The Master contemplated the opportunities and dispensed the teaching accordingly His skill at observation and his wisdom were perfectly fused. Because of his wisdom, he was able to make the best use of opportunities for teaching.
He personally received the final instructions. The Master, in person, received the Sixth Patriarch's final instructions.
The master went to visit the lofty one. He went to visit Qing Yuan.
How is one able to recognize him? / Among all horned animals, the unicorn has one horn. Many animals have horns, but the unicorn is unique because it has only one horn, and that is sufficient.
The road of stone was very slippery. Stone is another name for Dhyana Master Xiqian. It was easy to lose one's balance on the roads where the Master walked.
Yet there appeared one with great wisdom and ability.
From these roads came a person with great wisdom and great capabilities.
Another verse says:
At the age of twenty, intent upon learning the Way,
He went to visit Caoxi.
He went into the hall, entered the room, and certified to Bodhi.
Upholding the final instructions, he sought further advancement.
With thorough understanding of the mind ground,
He liberated confused living beings.
Coming from nowhere, where is there to go?
Being without purity, how much the less could anything be crooked?
The roads of the Stone City were slippery.
One must be careful and cautious.
He was able to roam freely from east to west in the Dharma Realm.
Commentary:
Another verse says: At the age of twenty, intent upon learning the Way, he went to visit Caoxi. At the age of twenty, Dhyana Master Xiqian of Nanjing, the Stone City, wanted to leave the home-life to cultivate. Therefore, he sought the Dharma under the Sixth Patriarch.
He went into the hall, entered the room, and certified to Bodhi. The Sixth Patriarch knew that the Master was a vessel for learning the Way. The Master was a pillar of the Dharma door, and he was a brilliant man. That is why he was allowed to go into the hall and was permitted to enter the room. The Sixth Patriarch transmitted the Dharma to the Master who was enlightened.
Upholding the final instructions, he sought further advancement. Even though the Master was enlightened, he did not have enough experience. Just before the Sixth Patriarch manifested the stillness, he told the Master to follow Dhyana Master Qingyuan Xingsi in order to further his study of the Dharma. Dhyana Master Qingyuan did his best to teach the Master.
With thorough understanding of the mind ground, he liberated confused living beings. The Master had thoroughly awakened to the Dharma door of the self-nature's original substance illuminating the mind ground. He realized that everything is empty and not real; therefore, he was not attached to false states.
Also, because of his realization, he could not stand to lose contact with living beings. He taught and transformed living beings with the spirit of kindness, compassion, joy, and giving. The Master was not like other selfish people who say, "I myself have the realization; that is what counts. Why should I care about others? I am not going to cross over living beings." Such people are selfish.
In Buddhism, Arhats are the selfish ones. That's why the Buddha scolded Arhats and said they are withered sprouts and sterile seeds; they won't achieve much.
Coming from nowhere, where is there to go? The Vajra Sutra says, "The Thus Come One does not have a place where he comes from and does not have a place where he goes to. Not coming from anywhere, there is nowhere to go.
Being without purity, how much the less could anything be crooked? There is no contamination or filth, and there is nothing twisted.
The roads of the Stone City were slippery; one must be careful and cautious. The path that the Dhyana Master from Nanjing, the Stone City, walked on was treacherous. One should be cautious and careful. One can't be off by the slightest bits. One was able to walk to the end of the paths, learned the walk, then what?
He was able to roam freely from east to west in the Dharma Realm. In the Dharma Realm, one is able to be carefree and to come and go freely. When one wishes to live, one is able to continue living. When one wishes to leave this world, then one is able to leave. One can roam horizontally or vertically within the Dharma Realm at will. One is able to go east or west at one's own will.
(The End)
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