Teachings From Ancient Vietnamese Zen Masters – 188
79 Message
The ten thousand attachments are cut;
this one body is at ease.
Living over forty years, I see life is just a long dream.
My message to all is that don’t ask anymore.
The other side is the infinity – with moon and winds.
PHÁP LOA (1284 - 1330)
(COMMENT: Is this life a long dream? Even after we wake up? What is
the difference among the dreams you had last night and the years in
your childhood? Do you feel that you are reincarnating every morning
after the sleep? Do you feel that you are reincarnating every moment
after the breath? Then, observe to see who is truly the person that you
are among millions of the persons that you’ve been. There is not a real
you -- just like there is not a real bubble among millions of bubbles
forming and popping in the ocean. Is there something called the
infinity? Is there something called the infinity threading all millions of
persons you’ve been? You know you’ve been changing endlessly. And
you know you are the thoughts being manifested. Let’s breathe in and
out gently, and observe the working of the mind. If there is the infinity,
it must be there, neither coming nor going. Don’t give it a name.)
