XinXinMingSongoftheTruthfulMind.docVIP

Xin Xin Ming: Song of the Truthful Mind by Seng Can(T’san), Third Zen(Ch’an) Patriarch in China translated by Lok Sang Ho, Lingnan University A mini-musical based on Original Text by Master Seng-can English Composer Arrangement : Frankie Ho Vocals : Gladys Liu Frankie Ho downloadable from /music/truthful_mind.mp3 至道無難 唯嫌揀擇 但莫憎愛 洞然明白 毫釐有差 天地懸隔 欲得現前 莫存順逆 違順相爭 是爲心病 不識玄旨 徒勞念靜 圓同太虛 無欠無餘 良由取捨 所以不如 莫逐有緣 勿住空忍 一種平懷 泯然自盡 止動歸止 止更彌動 唯滯兩邊 寧知一種; The Way of the supreme is not difficult, If only people will give up preferences. Like not, dislike not. Be illuminated. If you are off by a millimeter, You will be off by as much as earth is separate from heaven. If you want to see Truth, Call no life experience favorable or unfavorable. To be caught between favorable and unfavorable Is the sickness of the mind. If you miss this key point, Any practice of meditation would only be a waste of time. The All-Roundedness is like the vast emptiness. There is nothing lacking, and nothing in excess. Only the discriminating mind Renders the All-Roundedness not whole…. Do not pursue the transient, Do not dwell in emptiness. Keep to equanimity, Forget yourself. If you want to stop an action and so restore stillness You will only end up putting in more action. People are always stuck at the two extremes— If only they know the One (Mind)! 一種不通 兩處失功 遣有沒有 從空背空 多言多慮 轉不相應 絕言絕慮 無處不通 歸根得旨 隨照失宗 須臾返照 勝卻前空 前空轉變 皆由妄見 不用求真 唯須息見 二見不住 慎勿追尋 才有是非 紛然失心 二由一有 一亦莫守 一心不生 萬法無咎; * * * * * If you miss the One (Mind), You would miss the two: When you want to chase away existence, You betray emptiness just as you espouse emptiness. The more you talk and worry, The more you sever your link with reality. When you give up talk and worry You will encounter no obstructions wherever you go…. Go back to your roots and you will see the key point. Go where the images go, and you will lose the purpose of your training. The moment you follow the imag