an emperor is no match

You should know that

your own aware essence is neither finite

nor eternal, by nature neither defiled nor pure.

It is still and complete; it is the same in ordinary

people and saints, responding effectively

without patterns, apart from mind,

intellect, and discriminating

consciousness.

Shih-t’ou (a.k.a. Stone-head)

author of the Sandokai

“things as it is”