WHAT A LAUGH MY MIND I S-LIKE A DUNCE , LIKE A
BUMPKIN ,
NOW UNMOVING , NOW EBULLIENT, CALMLY LETTING THINGS
BE AS THEY MAY.
I DO NOT KNOW HOW TO CULTIVATE SPIRITUAL PRACTICE ,
YET DO NOT D O ANYTHING WRONG .
I HAVE NEVER HELPED OTHER PEOPLE , YET A M NOT
SELF-SERVING EITHER .
I DO NOT KEEP ANY RULES OF DISCIPLINE , NOR DO I
FOLLOW TABOOS .
I DO NOT KNOW RITUAL OR MUSIC , I DO NOT PRACTICE
BEN EVOLENCE A N D DUTY.
WHAT PEOPLE CAN DO I DO NOT UNDERSTAND AT ALL .
W HEN HUNGRY, I EAT, WHEN THIRSTY, I DRINK ,
W HEN TIRED I SLEEP. WAKING , I ACT

WHEN IT'S HOT I DRESS LIGHTLY. WHEN COLD . I PUT ON
MORE CLOTHES .
WITHOUT THOUGHT OR RUMINATION . W H AT SORROW,
WHAT JOY ?
NO REGRET, NO AMBITION , NO ME MORIES , N O IDEA S .

THE UPS AND DOWNS OF ORDINARY LIFE ARE JUST INNS ON
A JOURNEY.
A TREE IN A FOREST WHERE BIRDS MAY PERCH ALSO CAN BE
A SIMILE ;
IT DOES NOT TRY TO PREVENT THEIR COMING , AND DOES
NOT TRY TO STOP THEM WHEN THEY LEAVE .
NOT AVOIDING , NOT SEEKING . NO PRAISE , NO BLAME ,
I DO NOT DISLIKE UGLINESS OR ENVY BEAUTY.
I DO NOT RUN FOR A QUIET ROOM , OR RUN AWAY FROM THE
BUSTLING CITY.
I DO NOT SPEAK OF OTHERS ' WRONGS OR BOAST WHEN I
AM RIGHT.
I AM NOT SOLICITOUS OF THE HIGHLY PLACED , NOR DO I
SLIGHT THE LOWLY OR THE YOUNG .
FRIEND AND ENEMY, GREAT AND S MALL , INSIDE AND
OUTSIDE ,
SADNESS AND HAPPINESS , GAIN AND LOSS , HONOR OR
INSULT, DANGER OR EASE-
MY M IND DOES NOT SEE DUALISTICALLY, BUT IS
EQU ANIMOUS , ALL THE SAME .
IT DOES NOT LEAD TO FORTUNE , AND DOES NOT START
CALAMITY;
SENSING , IT RESPONDS , RETURNING , IT AGAIN ARISES .
I DO NOT FEAR WEAPONS , I A M NOT SCARED OF WILD
BEASTS .
I REFER TO WHATEVER IS AT HAND WITHOUT BEING
RESTRICTED BY NAMES .
MY EYES DO NOT GO TO FORM S , SOUNDS DO NOT ENTER
MY EARS .
WHATEVER APPEARANCES THERE MAY BE ALL BELONG TO
FALSITY.

THE FORMS AND VOICES OF MEN AND WOMEN ARE NOT
FIXED ENTITIES .
MINDLESS OF PHYSICAL APPEARANCES , I A M NOT
INFLUENCED OR ATTACHED ;
WANDERING FREELY, NOTHING CAN GET ME DOWN .
THE SPHERE OF LIGHT OF INEFFABLE AWARENESS SHINES
THROUGHOUT, INSIDE AND OUT,
ENFOLDING THE FOUR QUARTERS , WITHOUT FAR OR NEAR .
THE LIGHT IS NOT LIGHT-IT IS LIKE THE MOON IN THE
WATER .
SINCE YOU CANNOT GRASP IT OR THROW IT OUT, HOW CAN
YOU COMPARE IT TO ANYTHING ?
WHEN YOU UNDERSTAND THIS SUBLIME FUNCTION , YOU
TRANSCEND TO THE BEYOND .
IF ANYONE ASKS MY RELIGION , IT IS JUST THIS .