This pure mind,
Which is the source of all things,
Shines forever
With the
Radiance of its own perfection.
But most people are not aware of it,
And think that mind is just the faculty that
Sees, hears, feels, and knows.
Blinded by their own
Sight, hearing, feeling, and knowing,
They don't perceive
The radiance of the source.
If they could eliminate all
Conceptual thinking,
This source would appear,
Like the sun rising
Through the empty sky
And illuminating the whole universe.
Therefore,
You students of the Tao
Who seek to understand
Through seeing, hearing
feeling, and knowing,
When your perceptions are cut off,
Your way to mind will be cut off
And you will find nowhere to enter.
Just realize that
Although mind is manifested
In these perceptions,
It is neither part of them
Nor separate from them.
You shouldn't try to analyze these perceptions,
Or think about them at all;
But you shouldn't seek the one mind
Apart from them.
Don't hold on to them
Or leave them behind
Or dwell in them or reject them.
Above, below, and all around you,
All things spontaneously exist,
Because There Is
Nowhere outside the Buddha mind.
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