A humble man once said!
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Garreth Humphris
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9/22/2012 3:57:41 PM
I just thought I'd share a “favourite” translation with you - I am not particularly spiritual or religious but this seems to be a ’path’ worth considering if you are China bound...
It is by the Buddhist monk Sen-Ts'an , who died in 609. Known as Hsin Hsin Mind (Inscribed on the Believing Mind), it is on living in the Way, or Tao.
The Great Way isn't difficult
for those who are unattached to their preferences.
Let go of longing and aversion,
and everything will be perfectly clear.
When you cling to a hairbreadth of distinction,
heaven and earth are set apart.
If you want to realize the truth,
don't be for or against.
The struggle between good and evil
is the primal disease of the mind.
Not grasping the deeper meaning,
you just trouble your mind's serenity.
As vast as infinite space,
it is perfect and lacks nothing.
But because you select and reject,
you can't perceive its true nature.
Don't get entangled in the world;
don't lose yourself in emptiness.
Be at peace in the oneness of things,
and all errors will disappear by themselves.
If you don't live the Tao,
you fall into assertion or denial.
Asserting that the world is real,
you are blind to its deeper reality;
denying that the world is real,
you are blind to the selflessness of all things.
The more you think about these matters,
the farther you are from the truth.
Step aside from all thinking,
and there is nowhere you can't go.
Returning to the root, you find the meaning;
chasing appearances, you lose their source.
At the moment of profound insight,
you transcend both appearance and emptiness.
Don't keep searching for the truth;
just let go of your opinions.
For the mind in harmony with the Tao,
all selfishness disappears.
With not even a trace of self-doubt,
you can trust the universe completely.
All at once you are free,
with nothing left to hold on to.
All is empty, brilliant,
perfect in its own being.
In the world of things as they are,
there is no self, no non-self.
If you want to describe its essence,
the best you can say is "Not-two."
For the mind in harmony with the Tao,
all selfishness disappears.
With not even a trace of self-doubt,
you can trust the universe completely.
In this "Not-two" nothing is separate,
and nothing in the world is excluded.
The enlightened of all times and places
have entered into this truth.
In it there is no gain or loss;
one instant is ten thousand years.
There is no here, no there;
infinity is right before your eyes.
The tiny is as large as the vast
when objective boundaries have vanished;
the vast is as small as the tiny,
when you don't have external limits.
Being is an aspect of non-being;
non-being is no different from being.
Until you understand this truth,
you won't see anything clearly.
One is all; all are one. When
you realize this, what reason for holiness or wisdom?
The mind of absolute trust
is beyond all thought, all striving,
is perfectly at peace; for in it
there is no yesterday,
no tomorrow,
no today.
Given the complexity of the world, and our interactions within it, I find this piece so reassuringly simple and calming! Hope you like it!
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- As the black man tickled the ivories, he sang...... " All is fair in love"
如果你不道，你陷入断言或否认。认为世界是真实的，你看不到它的更深的现实；否认世界是真实的，你是盲人无私的东西。你越是思考这些问题，更远你是从真理。避开所有的思考，和没有地方你不能去。返回根，你找到意义；追逐现象，你失去他们的来源。此刻的深刻的洞察力，你超越的外观和空虚。不要让寻找真相；放开你的意见。为心灵与道协调，所有的自私消失。没有一丝怀疑，你可以相信宇宙的完全。一次你是自由的，没有坚持。一切都是空虚的，辉煌，完美的自己。在世界上的事情是，没有自我，没有非我。如果你想描述它的本质，最好的你可以说是“没有两个。”
为心灵与道协调，所有的自私消失。没有一丝怀疑，你可以相信宇宙的完全。
在这个“没有两个”什么是分开的，世界上没有任何东西是被排除在外。开明的时代和地方进入这真相。在它里面没有收益或损失；一瞬间是一万年。这里没有空气，没有；无限就在你的眼前。小是大绝当客观的界限消失了；辽阔的是小的微小的，当你没有外部限制。人是一个方面，不存在；没有不同于非。直到你明白这个道理，你不会看到任何明确。一是所有；所有的一。什么时候你意识到这一点，是什么原因让圣洁或智慧？心灵的绝对信任超越所有的思想，所有的努力，是完全的和平；因为它没有昨天，没有明天没有明天，没有今天。
My faith is Buddhism,like the buddhism truth.Thank you for sharing.
I actually tried to translate it from Chinese Hanzi and got lost!
Thanks for the original.
Handle things point of view and method, need to own ideological realm, taste quality, eye make different conclusions.
Chinese language has a long and glorious history of our national culture, is a treasure. On the inherited from ancestors of precious wealth, we should reverence and gratitude, and to cherish and care. Chinese language is the world's most beautiful language of painting, with beautiful shape, with music sweet rhythm, with cover and contain everything meaning, with thousands of years of history of the use of. She is self-contained, create and sustain can be associated with any kind of culture is comparable to that of national culture. But in the thousands of years of history, she is far beyond the " bearing tool in communication. " this function, and became the Chinese national culture in the most important body part, itself is a kind of culture.
It can be said, the Han language Shaping our national character, national feelings, thought patterns, Shaping our production and lifestyle, Shaping our view of the world, life and values, ultimately shaped the spirit fieldthe full picture of the world.
In this I also thank you for the love of Chinese culture.