Scribd Logo
Upload

Welcome to Scribd!

  • Cleaning the Mirror: A Poem on Enlightenment by Shen-hsiu and Hui-neng

    Uploaded by

    Anonymous RnAhe206
    8 views2 pages
    This poem discusses keeping one's mind clear of distractions through diligent self-reflection. It compares the body to a Bodhi tree and the mind to a bright mirror. It emphasizes the importance of regularly removing dust and dirt from the mirror to keep one's reflections clear. A response poem considers the Bodhi and bright mind as having no physical forms, and that the true nature of the Buddha mind is naturally pure and free of dust or distractions.

    Original Description:

    --

    Original Title

    My Translation

    Copyright

    © © All Rights Reserved

    Available Formats

    RTF, PDF, TXT or read online from Scribd

    Did you find this document useful?

    Is this content inappropriate?

    Report this Document
    This poem discusses keeping one's mind clear of distractions through diligent self-reflection. It compares the body to a Bodhi tree and the mind to a bright mirror. It emphasizes the importance of regularly removing dust and dirt from the mirror to keep one's reflections clear. A response poem considers the Bodhi and bright mind as having no physical forms, and that the true nature of the Buddha mind is naturally pure and free of dust or distractions.

    Copyright:

    © All Rights Reserved
    Download as RTF, PDF, TXT or read online from Scribd
    Flag for inappropriate content
    8 views2 pages

    Cleaning the Mirror: A Poem on Enlightenment by Shen-hsiu and Hui-neng

    Uploaded by

    Anonymous RnAhe206
    This poem discusses keeping one's mind clear of distractions through diligent self-reflection. It compares the body to a Bodhi tree and the mind to a bright mirror. It emphasizes the importance of regularly removing dust and dirt from the mirror to keep one's reflections clear. A response poem considers the Bodhi and bright mind as having no physical forms, and that the true nature of the Buddha mind is naturally pure and free of dust or distractions.

    Copyright:

    © All Rights Reserved
    Download as RTF, PDF, TXT or read online from Scribd
    Flag for inappropriate content
    of 2

    身是菩提樹 This body is the Bodhi-tree,

    心如明鏡台 The soul, a mirror bright;

    時時勤拂拭 Take heed to keep it ever-clean,

    莫使惹塵埃 And let no dust alight.

    Shen-hsiu

    菩提本無樹 The Bodhi


    never was a tree,
    明鏡亦非台 The mirror
    bright from nowhere
    shines;
    佛性常清淨 This
    Buddha-nature, ever
    free,
    何處惹塵埃 What dust is
    there to find?
    Hui-neng

    You might also like