Having created
the demon mind yourself
When it torments you mercilessly
You're to blame and no one else
When you do wrong
our mind's the demon
There's no hell
To be found outside
Abominating hell
Longing for heaven
You make yourself suffer
In a joyful world
You think that good
Means hating what is bad
What's bad is
The hating mind itself
Fame, wealth, eating and
drinking, sleep and sensual delight --
Once you've leaned the Five Desires
They become
Your guide in life
Notions of what one should do
Never existed from the start
Fighting about what's right, what's wrong
That's the doing of the "I"
When your study
Of Buddhism is through
You find
You haven't anything new
"Only sit up with the Buddha-heart, be only with the Buddha-heart, sleep and arise only with the Buddha-heart, and live only with the Buddha-heart."
Poems and quotes by Zen Master Bankei
Submitted July 06, 2017 at 10:05AM by Dillon123 http://ift.tt/2tOAyEr
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