Foyan: The Patriarch: Ground, Seed, Flower, and Altogether: A Poem in Four Verses

I "Ground"

Inanimate is the source nature of ground,

Yet, it is because of life, that we say there is ground—

This has been circulated and passed on, from antiquity to present,

Not foolish, nor wise.

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II "Seed"

From ancient times, there has never been delusion,

Up to now, where is enlightenment?

Only conditions; seeds are naturally deep—

Furthermore, neither paths are diverging.

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III "Flower"

There are seeds, and there is the ground of mind,

And causes and conditions; flowers bloom of their own accord—

Wanting to know where the fruit can be harvested,

The Patriarch has arrived, with but a smile.

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IV Altogether

After the flower of five petals has opened,

Mountains are tall, waters deep,

Turbulent clouds cross the mouth of the valley—

The wanderer is deceived, seeking seeking.

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祖師地種花及總頌四首。地。性地本無生。因生說有地。流傳古至今。非愚亦非智。種。從昔未曾迷。於今何所悟。祇緣種性深。更亦無別路。花。有種有心地。因緣花自開。要知成果處。却笑祖師來。總。五葉花開後。山長水更深。亂雲橫谷口。游子謾追尋。

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