IN A MOMENT OF
A BREATH

This is so tangled and intertwined like a skein of thread
that there is no handling it.

Fortunately
you may have the good Karma to hold an end of this,
but it is as hot as a boiling furnace
and as cold as a perpetual glacier.

Why haven't I known that this is just in front of my eyes
even though I have wandered in search of this for kalpas?
All of a sudden,
the Karma of ignorance melts down
in a moment of a breath.

Why not challenge it courageously with your whole body
and find the light of wisdom?

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