Its essence is called “Way;” its function is called “power.”

]體曰道、用曰德。用無體不生、體無用不妙故

備擧道德。請捨諸緣 以觀其妙。

Its essence is called “Way;” its function is called “power.” Function, lacking essence, cannot arise; essence, lacking function, has no marvel. Therefore the Way and its power include each other; I invite you to let go of all entanglements in order to observe its marvels.

聖人(無名)神人(無功)至人(無己) 抱道德之眞實。

虛心無我 常遊於無物之域、以仁義天下國家爲浮華。

堯舜之道、可以爲衆父、不可以爲衆父父。

The sage [who is nameless], the spirit-man [who is effortless], and the perfected man [who is egoless], embrace the substance of the Way and its power. Their emptied minds having no self, they always sport in the realm of no-thing, regarding humaneness, justice, the kingdom and its major houses as floating flowers. The way of Yao and Shun can be regarded as the father of the multitude, but cannot be regarded as the father of the father of the multitude.

Quotes from The Axiom Mirror of the Three Teachings by Seon Master Hyujeong.

Submitted July 28, 2017 at 08:57AM by Dillon123 http://ift.tt/2uI1fc0