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There is no I and there is no other

P'ang Yun (Layman P'ang), P'ang Yun (Layman P'ang) poetry, Buddhist, Buddhist poetry, Zen / Chan poetry, [TRADITION SUB2] poetry,  poetry by P'ang Yun (Layman P'ang)
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English version by
Stephen Mitchell

Original Language
Chinese

Buddhist : Zen / Chan
8th Century

There is no I and there is no other.
How can there be intimacy or estrangement?
I recommend giving up trying to get there by meditation,
But rather, directly seizing the reality at hand.
The message of the Diamond Sutra is:
Nothing is excluded from our experienced world.
From beginning to end,
It inevitably exposes our false identities.

 

 

-- from The Sayings of Layman P'ang: A Zen Classic, Translated by James Green

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Recommended Books


The Enlightened Heart: An Anthology of Sacred Poetry, by Stephen Mitchell
The Sayings of Layman P'ang: A Zen Classic, Translated by James Green

 

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