Do not remain in the dualistic
state; avoid such pursuits carefully.
If there is even a trace of this and
that, of right and wrong, the Mind-
essence will be lost in confusion.
Although all dualities come from
the One, do not be attached even
to this One.
When the mind exists undisturbed
in the Way, nothing in the world
can offend,
and when a thing can no longer offend,
it ceases to exist in the old way.
When no discriminating thoughts
arise, the old mind ceases to exist.
When thought objects vanish,
the thinking-subject vanishes,
as when the mind vanishes,
objects vanish.
Things are objects because of the
subject (mind);
the mind (subject) is such because
of things (object).
Understand the relativity of these
two and the basic reality:
the unity of emptiness.
In this Emptiness the two are
indistinguishable and each contains
in itself the whole world.
If you do not discriminate between
coarse and fine you will not be
tempted to prejudice and opinion.
To live in the Great Way
is neither easy nor difficult,
but those with limited views
are fearful and irresolute:
the faster they hurry, the slower
they go,
and clinging (attachment) cannot
be limited;
even to be attached to the idea
of enlightenment is to go astray.
Just let things be in their own
way, and there will be neither
coming nor going.
Obey the nature of things
(your own nature), and you will walk
freely and undisturbed.
When thought is in bondage the
truth is hidden,
for everything is murky and unclear,
and the burdensome practice of
judging brings annoyance and
weariness.
What benefit can be derived from
distinctions and separations?
If you wish to move in the
One Way do not dislike even the
world of senses and ideas.
Indeed, to accept them fully is
identical with true Enlightenment.
The wise man strives to no goals
but the foolish man fetters himself.
There is one Dharma, not many;
distinctions arise from the clinging
needs of the ignorant.
To seek Mind with the (discriminating) mind is the greatest of
all mistakes.
Rest and unrest derive from
illusion;
with enlightenment there is no
liking and disliking.
All dualities come from ignorant
inference.
They are like dreams or flowers
in air:
foolish to try to grasp them.
Gain and loss, right and wrong:
such thoughts must finally be
abolished at once.
If the eye never sleeps,
all dreams will naturally cease.
If the mind makes no discriminations,
the ten thousand things are as
they are, of single essence.
To understand the mystery of this
One-essence is to be released
from all entanglements.
When all things are seen equally
the timeless Self-essence is reached.
No comparisons or analogies are
possible in this causeless,
relationless state.
Consider movement stationary
and the stationary in motion,
both movement and rest disappear.
When such dualities cease to exist
Oneness itself cannot exist.
To this ultimate finality
no law or description applies.
For the unified mind in
accord with the Way
all self-centered striving ceases.
Doubts and irresolutions vanish
and life in true faith is possible.
With a single stroke we are
freed from bondage;
nothing clings to us and we hold
to nothing.
All is empty, clear, self-illumi-
nating, with no exertion of the
mind's power.
Here thought, feeling, knowledge,
and imagination are of no value,
In this world of Suchness
there is neither self nor
other-than-self.
To come directly into harmony
with this reality just simply say
when doubts arise, "Not two".
In this "not two" nothing is
separate, nothing is excluded.
No matter when or where,
enlightenment means entering
the truth.
And this truth is beyond extension
or diminution in time or space;
in it a single thought is
ten thousand years.
Emptiness here, Emptiness there,
but the infinite universe stands
always before your eyes.
Infinitely large and infinitely small:
no difference, for definitions have
vanished and no boundaries are seen.
So too with Being and non-Being.
Don't waste time in doubts
and arguments that have nothing
to do with this.
One thing, all things:
move among and intermingle,
without distinction.
To live in this realization is to be
without anxiety about non-perfection.
To live in this faith is the road
to non-duality,
because the non-dual is one
with the trusting mind.
Words!
The Way is beyond language,
for in it there is
no yesterday
no tomorrow
no today.
Gate Gate
Paragate Parasamgate
Bodhi Svaha
Gone gone
gone beyond, gone beyond beyond
to the Awakened, all hail!
