You Are Deceiving Yourself

"What is Buddha?"
"Mind is."
You should Know this answer has a sting that can't be explained.
What words would be necessary if you were enlightened?
If you don't realize for yourself
but try to figure out by depending on other' sayings
what is revealing itself clearly in this answer,
you will be far from attaining enlightenment.

"What is Buddha?"
"Mind is not." This answer also has a sting we can't touch.
What is the use of learning sayings instead of digesting the answer?
There is a profound meaning amid saying in this way and that way.
Why don't you grasp it?

"What is Buddha?"
"Neither mind, Buddha nor a thing is."
Can you grasp what this answer means?
If asked the question, I can't help saying the answer.
However, the true answer can't be explained in words.

What would matter
if you could hit ten or hundred targets with an arrow?
You can't hit even a single target.
What a pity!

Being with you all the time,
Buddha never deceives you.
You are deceiving yourself.

Do watch your step.

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

Monthly Magazine SEOUL(March 2009)