Zhengjue's Lancet of Seated Meditation

LANCET OF SEATED MEDITATION

by Zhengjue

by imperial designation the Chan Master Spacious Wisdom:

Essential function of buddha after buddha,

Functioning essence of ancestor after ancestor --

It knows without touching things;

It illumines without facing objects.

Knowing without touching things,

Its knowing is inherently subtle;

Illumining without facing objects,

Its illumining is inherently mysterious.

Its knowing inherently subtle,

It is ever without discriminatory thought;

Its illumining inherently mysterious,

It is ever without a hair's breadth of sign.

Ever without discriminatory thought,

Its knowing is rare without peer;

Ever without a hair's breadth of sign,

Its illumining comprehends without grasping.

The water is clear right through to the bottom;

A fish goes lazily along.

The sky is vast without horizon;

A bird flies far far away.

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