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Date Posted: 12:45:34 09/27/07 Thu
Author: Anonymous
Subject: 0

王維碑銘對六祖的教義描述比壇經更為傳神。
王維六歲惠能歿。神會請王維寫的碑銘除了受神會對六祖教義轉述外,王維本身看來是沒有看過壇經,或許當時並未有壇經,即使有,也是如壇經所述,秘而不外傳。
從碑文內容上可見王維並沒有引述過壇經內容。

神會大師在他的記錄中,有關六祖和弘忍之間的往來是有異於所有壇經版本。包括欠奉極富戲劇情節的呈偈故事(大部份學者都認為兩首偈語都是偽作)他只記下弘忍是和六祖談法義三日三夜了知證如來知見,更無疑滯後送六祖離開。並沒有提到弘忍交過什麼給六祖。
神會寫有關六祖在黃梅之事,應該是可信最高的記錄,因為神會當時面對的就神秀門人,對黃梅事也是瞭如指掌,若像壇經那類情節必然備受反駁。

六祖離開黃梅三日後發生惠明當即曉夜倍呈奔趁,至大庾嶺上相見。能禪師怕極,恐畏身命不存,所將袈裟,過與慧明。
這一段神會有記載。
弘忍可能有送過袈裟給慧能,並著他往南去剃度出家。
出家師父為弟子準備袈裟這是佛教一項很普遍的行為。
但以衣承傳法是壇經渲染如來正宗一家的手法,再改為以壇經為傳承物証的漏洞。

現存兩部最舊版本的壇經,都有記錄六祖於國恩寺圓寂。
國恩寺原名報恩寺。至於歷史記載是惠能生前已改國恩寺還是歿後改。大致年考上都有出入。在歴史記載中連武則天是否知道有惠能這人物,包括應召入宮被拒到賜報恩寺為國恩寺都成了疑問。若相信神會上京後才出現國恩寺這名稱應該為可信,否則神會又何需上京爭取頓教七祖的地位。
新興報恩寺所在地原來就是惠能的故居,惠能在家鄉是有田有地的,原家境並不錯,他為母親建了這一所報恩寺並回到此處居住直到圓寂。對於一個地方官員的後代又有田地產業,故此很多學者以為惠能並非文盲不識字,只是文化水平未及當時讀書人。不識字的說法可以解釋偈語的粗俗白話及特出不懂字也可以說出高深佛理的不同凡人的根器。

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