Verses on Faith Mind (Hsin Hsin Ming) by Sengstan (Third Zen Patriarch)

Friday, 27 July 2007

Verse 9

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.

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