..续本文上一页 Love thievery in their own children.

　　 They miss the Dharma-treasure;

　　 They lose accumulated power,

　　 And this disaster follows directly upon dualistic thinking.

　　 So Zen is the complete realization of mind,

　　 The complete cutting off of delusion,

　　 The power of wise vision penetrating directly to the unborn.

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　　 Students of vigorous will hold the sword of wisdom;

　　 The prajna edge is a diamond flame.

　　 It not only cuts off useless knowledge,

　　 But also exterminates delusions.

　　 They roar with Dharma-thunder,

　　 They strike the Dharma-drum;

　　 They spread clouds of love, and pour ambrosial rain.

　　 Their giant footsteps nourish limitless beings;

　　 Shravaka, Pratyeka, Bodhisattva--all are enlightened;

　　 Five kinds of human nature all are emancipated.

　　 High in the Himalayas, only fei-ni grass grows.

　　 Here cows produce pure and delicious milk

　　 And this food I continually enjoy.

　　 One complete nature passes to all natures;

　　 One universal Dharma encloses all Dharmas.

　　 One moon is reflected in many waters;

　　 All the water-moons are from the one moon.

　　 The Dharma-body of all Buddhas has entered my own nature,

　　 And my nature becomes one with the Tathagata.

　　 One level completely contains all levels;

　　 It is not matter, mind, nor activity.

　　 In an instant eighty thousand teachings are fulfilled;

　　 In a twinkling the evil of eons is destroyed.

　　 All categories are no category;

　　 What relation have these to my insight

　　 Beyond praise, beyond blame,--

　　 Like space itself it has no bounds.

　　 Right here it is eternally full and serene,

　　 If you search elsewhere, you cannot see it.

　　 You cannot grasp it, you cannot reject it;

　　 In the midst of not gaining,

　　 In that condition you gain it.

　　 It speaks in silence,

　　 In speech you hear its silence.

　　 The great way has opened and there are no obstacles.

　　 If someone asks, what is your sect

　　 And how do you understand it

　　 I reply, the power of tremendous prajna.

　　 People say it is positive;

　　 People say it is negative;

　　 But they do not know.

　　 A smooth road, a rough road--

　　 Even heaven cannot imagine.

　　 I have continued my zazen for many eons;

　　 I do not say this to confuse you.

　　 I raise the Dharma-banner and set forth our teaching;

　　 It is the clear doctrine of the Buddha

　　 Which I found with my teacher, Hui Neng,

　　 Mahaha-kashyapa became the Buddha-successor,

　　 Received the lamp and passed it on.

　　 Twenty-eight generations of teachers in India,

　　 Then over seas and rivers to our land

　　 Bodhi Dharma came as our own first patriarch,

　　 And his robe, as we all know, passed through six teachers here,

　　 And how many generations to come may gain the path,

　　 No one knows.

　　 The truth is not set forth;

　　 The false is basically vacant.

　　 Put both existence and non-existence aside,

　　 Then even non-vacancy is vacant,

　　 The twenty kinds of vacancy have no basis,

　　 And the oneness of the Tathagata-being

　　 Is naturally sameness.

　　 Mind is the base, phenomena are dust;

　　 Yet both are like a flaw in the mirror.

　　 When the flaw is brushed aside,

　　 The light begins to shine.

　　 When both mind and phenomena are forgotten,

　　 Then we become naturally genuine.

　　 Ah, the degenerate materialistic world!

　　 People are unhappy; they find self-control difficult.

　　 In the centuries since Shakyamuni, false views are deep,

　　 Demons are strong, the Dharma is weak, disturbances are many.

　　 People hear the Buddha”s doctrine of immediacy,

　　 And if they accept it, the demons will be crushed

　　 As easily as a roofing tile.

　　 But they cannot accept, what a pity!

　　 Your mind is the source of action;

　　 Yo…

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