Quotes from The Platform Sutra of the Sixth Patriarch, Vol. 1
"The patriarch kept his robe (kaṣāya) hidden and would not let anyone see it. He preached the Diamond Sutra for me. When he reached the word...."should be non-abiding and bringing forth the mind,” I experienced instantaneous enlightenment, [realizing that] all the myriad dharmas do not transcend their self-natures. I informed the patriarch of this, saying:
“No matter when, the self-natures are fundamentally and naturally pure.
No matter when, the self-natures are fundamentally neither generated nor extinguished.
No matter when, the self-natures are fundamentally and naturally sufficient unto themselves.
No matter when, the self-natures are fundamentally without movement.
No matter when, the self-natures are able to generate the myriad dharmas.”
《六祖大師法寶壇經》卷 1
【「祖以袈裟遮圍，不令人見，為說《金剛經》；至應無所住而生其心，惠能言下大悟「一切萬法，不離自性」。遂啟祖言：「何期自性本自清淨，何期自性本不生滅，何期自性本自具足，何期自性本無動搖，何期自性能生萬法。」】