Teachings From Ancient Vietnamese Zen Masters – 146
59 Going Home
Over seventy years in this realm,
living harmoniously with emptiness and existence,
I now fulfill the vow, prepare to go home,
and don’t need to ramble about for the way of Patriarchs.
LIEU QUAN (? – 1743)
(COMMENT: When you realize the true nature of phenomena, you see
that emptiness and existence are inseparable. Living harmoniously with
emptiness and existence is indeed living with the realization that
emptiness is inseparable from existence.
From that realization, wisdom arises along with compassion, and you
understand that wisdom is inseparable from compassion. You are
inseparable from the world.
Buddha says that we all have had countless lives, and that we and all
sentient beings have been former relatives in some ways. In another
explanation, we should see that all beings have been our fathers or
mothers in previous lives.
Think of that, have that feeling, see that feeling spreading throughout
your body and the world, and wish for all beings to be happy and
liberated.)
