│THE CH'AN OF │By no means is Bodhi a │
│────── │kind of tree, │
│TATHAGATA/VOIDNESS │Nor is the bright │
│───────── │reflecting mind(hsin), │
│burning the Scriptures │a case of mirrors. │
│DISTRUST OF LANGUAGE │Since mind is emptiness, │
│AS INADEQUATE TO CONVEY│Where can dust collect? │
│REALITY GREAT DOUBT: │-Hui-neng │
│NON MIND, NO BUDDHA │ │
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│THE CH'AN OF THE │(So long as I was) under │
│──────── │illusion, I was dependent│
│PATRIARCHS transcend- │on you to get me across, │
│───── │but now it is different..│
│ing the Scripture, │since I am now enlighten │
│individual spontaneity │-ed, it is only right for│
│BEING-HERE-NOW: │me to cross the sea of │
│ACTUAL EXPERIENCE │birth and death by my own│
│GREAT DEATH │effort to realize my own │
│silence (ta-chi,great │self nature(tse-hsing). │
│potentiality) or │-Hui-neng │
│action(ta-yung, great │ │
│activity) │ │
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│HSIANG YEN │CH'ING YUAN WEI-HSIN │
│What was your │ │
│original face before│ │
│your parents gave │ │
│you birth? │ │
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│With one stroke,all │Thirty years ago, before I│
│previous knownledge │began the study of Zen, I │
│is forgotten. │said, "Mountains are │