We
have lost the
power even of imagining what
the ancient idealization of poverty could
have meant: the liberation from material attachments,
the unbribed soul, the manlier indifference, the paying our way
by what we are or do and not by what we have, the right to
fling away our life at any moment irresponsibly—
the more athletic trim, in short,
the moral fighting
shape.
There is no
difference between your
body and the body of the buddha.
If ignorance exists, seeds
of realization are
sown in it.
Seeing
yourself in the master and
the master in yourself, you sense reality.
Understanding that all worldly phenomena
and the one reality are interwoven
and inseparable, you begin to
experience peace and
comfort.
Carrying on,
continuing with concentration,
you illuminate your own buddha nature
from within, and then, seeing that nothing
is apart from it, become free
and peaceful in all
you do.
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Desire and mistrust
keep you from finding ease.
Peace of mind comes when we
let go of ambitions and fears
and follow the Sage from
moment to moment.
fourth changing line
from The I Ching, or Book of Changes
Hexagram 56, Lü / The Wanderer
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The water of the mind,
How clear it is!
Gazing at it,
The boundaries are invisible.
But as soon as even
A slight thought arises,
Ten thousand images crowd it.
Attach to them,
And they become real.
Be carried by them,
And it will be difficult to return.
How painful to see a person
Trapped in the ten-fold
delusions.
Those
who do not feel this
love pulling them like a river,
those who do not drink dawn like a cup
of springwater or take in sunset
like supper, those who do not
want to change, let
them sleep.
This love
is beyond the study
of theology, that old trickery
and hypocrisy. If you want
to improve your mind
that way, sleep
on.
I have
given up on my brain.
I have torn the cloth to shreds
and thrown it away. If you are not
completely naked, wrap your
beautiful robe of words
around you, and
sleep.
