The Song Of Enlightenment
By Ch'an Master Hsuan Chuen Of Yung Chia
Do you not know the ease of the man of the Way;
One who has gone beyond learning, and whose state is “non-action,”
Who neither suppresses thoughts, nor seeks the “Truth?”
To him the reality of ignorance is the Buddha Nature;
The empty illusory is the Dharmakaya.
When one who is awakened to the Dharma-body, there are no objects;
The essence of all things comes from the self-nature — Buddha!
The Five Aggregates — mere floating clouds aimlessly coming and going;
The Three Poisons — bubbles that appear and disappear.
Release the Four Elements: cling to nothing!
And in the midst of Nirvana you may eat and drink!
Seeing that all things are not lasting and are Void,
One attains the Great Perfect Enlightenment of the Tathagatas.
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