Revealing Itself

Revealing itself,
it is clear.
Once I’ve been faced with it all of a sudden,
the sound of wind and the sound of birds sound new
and everything in front of my eyes looks new and bright.
How amazing and miraculous it is!
Who could understand what I feel now?
It has been transmitted without transmission
and received without reception.
It is the most important of all important things.
Fortunately our King of Dharma was born into this world,
realized it and transmitted it to following generations.
How could we neglect it?

In the light is the dark,
and in the dark is the light.
The light and the dark disappear at the same time,
and all that can be felt is only emptiness and quietness.
What could it be named?
It doesn’t require cultivating and attaining any longer.
(It doesn’t allow itself to be cultivated (practiced) and attained)
Now let it be as it is.

Written by Master Subul Sunim of Ahnkook Zen Center
Translated by Boo Ahm (Song Soo-kyong)

Monthly Magazine SEOUL(February 2009)