Boddhi originally has no tree by Hui-neng (J.Eno)

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[This version: 28 July 1993] ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- TITLE: Boddhi originally has no tree AUTHOR: Hui-neng (J.Eno) SOURCE: The Ten Directions, Vol 2, No 3, October 1981. pp. 7 NOTES: A poem by the Six Zen Patriarch, Hui-neng, in response to a couplet by his senior Shen-hsiu (J. Shinshu, Jinshu). The Chinese text was translated by Philip Yampolski.

Boddhi originally has no tree, The mirror also has no stand. Buddha-nature is always clean and pure (or, "from the first, there is not a single thing" Where is there room for dust? ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- end of file