Teachings From Ancient Vietnamese Zen Masters – 62
25 The Moon Shining
You don’t need much time for practice
to attain the complete enlightenment.
Gaining wisdom is the best way; anything else, the exhausted effort.
Having the jewel, the profound truth, is just like seeing the sun in the
sky.
The enlighted one is just like the moon shining above,
lightening all the realms endlessly.
If you need to know, just need to distinguish this:
Heavy fog blankets the high mountain in the afternoon.
BAO GIAM (? – 1173)
(COMMENT: You then should take the four Zen vows. In Zen
monasteries, practitioners recite the four Zen vows to save all sentient
beings, to remove all the fetters, to master all the dharma teachings,
and to attain the unsurpassed Buddahood. There are many good
translations of the Zen vows, and you should find the one you can
recite comfortably. The vows will lead you on the way to liberation.)
