Hongzhi's Lancet of Seated Meditation

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You can find it in Terebess, Translated by Carl Bielefeldt.

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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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Joshu:

Everywhere Zen is hard to see but easy to know about. Where I am it is easy to see but hard to know about.

Submitted June 06, 2019 at 10:14PM by Nimtrix1849 http://bit.ly/2MxiwkI