Bodhi has no source of trees.

First, this sentence comes from a poem by Master Huineng, the sixth ancestor of Zen Buddhism in the Buddhist classic "Six Ancestors Tanjing". The whole sentence is: "Bodhi has no trees, and it is not a stage in the mirror. There was nothing, where would it cause dust? "

2. Story introduction: Master Hongren, the fifth ancestor of Zen Buddhism, one day called his disciples to make a song for each disciple to see their feelings, so as to pay for Buddhism. At that time, everyone thought that it was not Shen Xiu, the great disciple, but Shen Xiu who was not confident and insisted on writing poems, so he wrote the poems on the wall under the porch, which read: "You are like a bodhi tree and your heart is like a mirror platform. Wipe it regularly and don't make dust. "

At that time, Master Huineng was still a young man who had never become a monk. Every day he cooks in the rice, and when he hears everyone talking about it, he is surprised at this beautiful girl. Master Huineng was originally a woodcutter. In a hotel, he overheard a guest reciting the Diamond Sutra. When he heard that "you should have no place to live, you should live with your heart", he realized one thing. So he went to Wuzu to seek the Dharma. When they met, they had a simple conversation. Knowing that Master Huineng had a deep foundation, Wuzu sent him to the mill to grind rice and chop wood to temper his mind and wait for an opportunity.

Master Huineng has never been to school and can't read. He heard someone chanting a beautiful poem and said that I have one, too. Please write it down for me, the one mentioned above. Everyone was surprised to see it. They all thought it was better than Shen Xiu's song. When Hongren, the fifth ancestor, came out to read it, he said it was also for sex, which calmed the discussion. When no one is around, go to the mill and suggest Huineng go to his cabin in the middle of the night to tell him about the Diamond Sutra. When talking about "you have no home, but you have a heart", Master Huineng was suddenly enlightened and said five famous words: "When is your self-nature, you should be self-pure; 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; At the time of self-nature, various laws can be born. " The Five Ancestors confirmed Master Huineng's way and passed on the mantle to the sixth generation Zen master Huineng.