Nibbling On Asian History & Philosophy Series

 

Source:

Huineng (638-713)

Book: The Art of Shaolin Kung Fu by Wong Kiew Kit (page 196)

 

“When an ordinary person is enlightened he becomes a Buddha; when a Buddha is unenlightened he becomes an ordinary person.”

 

Hermit Poet’s Comments: 

Thoughts enter

Thoughts go

Cycle of busy mind

Continues

Rotation

Grasping for no-mind

It slips away

Bamboo

Sways with the wind

Unconcerned with direction

 

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