Motto of Enlightenment

心密二祖仁知阿奢黎


By Renzhi Acharya





Neither with mind       nor without mind

Neither not seeing       nor not hearing

Clearly perceiving everything       but not dwelling in perceptions

Seeing nowhere at all to dwell       it is the true non-dwelling

If the mind doesn’t dwell       where do delusions stand

If delusions don’t stand       our impedances dissolve themselves

How do minds arise       they arise due to circumstances

Circumstances don’t inherently exist       as they are part of illusions

Marvelous and numerous functions       is the mind responding to perceptions

When the entangled mind ceases       the birthless nature reveals in an instant

The nature of the birthless       it is invisible to eyes

In the unfathomable universe       there is an absolute existence

Those awakened to its presence       reach the true enlightenment

Being free from desire       the mind rests in oneness

With no mind to be deluded       the true samadhi it is

When the true samadhi is realized       there is neither movement nor stillness

No gain and no loss       no affection and no aversion

The nature being changeless       can rise to meet all circumstances

Unchanging and flowing with life       there is no beginning or ending

This is the secret to becoming a Buddha       simple as this

~The End~



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