Xinxin Ming

thumb|One is all,All is One.If Thusness is ably realized,Why worry you as unperfected? thumb|Nonduality is faith and mind,No duality is the faith-mind.Unreached by the path of words,Unlimited by past, present, or future. Xinxin Ming (信心銘, Xìnxīn Míng) is a Chinese-language Chan Buddhist poem attributed to the Third Chan Patriarch Jianzhi Sengcan, who lived during the 6th century AD. However, modern scholars believe that it was most likely written sometime during the Tang dynasty (618–907). Quotes Osamu Yoshida The Faith-Mind Maxim Three Chan classics Numata Center for Buddhist Translation and Research Berkeley, California 1999 1-886439-07-9 115-129 (信心銘: Original Chinese text on Wikisource) 違順相爭是為心病不識玄旨徒勞念靜 Conflict ‘tween liking and disliking;This is the disease of the mind.Not knowing this profound tenet,You toil to appease the mind in vain. Stanza 3 一種不通兩處失功遣有沒有從空背空 Unless you penetrate oneness,You cannot succeed in either way.Neglecting existence, you lose it;Following voidness, you violate it. Stanza 7 多言多慮轉不相應絕言絕慮無處不通 The more speech and thought,The more you become separated.No more speech and thought,Nowhere is ever unpenetrated. Stanza 8 前空轉變皆由妄見不用求真唯須息見 Transformations of the confronting voidnessAll come forth from deluded views.It’s of no use trying to seek the truth;You need only stop creating views. Stanza 10 境由能境能由境能欲知兩段元是一空 Objects are objects due to subjects;Subjects are subjects due to objects.When you know these two intimately,They are one voidness originally. Stanza 14 夢幻空華何勞把捉得失是非一時放卻 Emptiness-flowers and dream-delusions,Why these do you toil to grasp and embrace?Throw away gain and loss,Right and wrong, all at once. Stanza 23 一切不留無可記憶虛明自照不勞心力非思量處識情難測 When nothing is retained,Nothing is to be remembered.In self-illumination, vast and clear,The mind’s power exerts itself no more.Where there is no more measuring,Intellect-emotion has no fathoming. Stanza 29 有即是無無即是有若不如是必不須守 Existence is itself voidness,Voidness is itself existence.If Thusness is not realizedNever tarry there indeed. Stanza 34 一即一切一切即一但能如是何慮不畢 One is all,All is One.If Thusness is ably realized,Why worry you as unperfected? Stanza 35 信心不二不二信心言語道斷非去來今 Nonduality is faith and mind,No duality is the faith-mind.Unreached by the path of words,Unlimited by past, present, or future. Stanza 36 See also Buddhism The Gateless Barrier Zen proverbs External links Category:Zen Buddhism Category:Buddhist texts Category:Poetry Category:Monism