Mind is the Buddha

Why are you seeking the Buddha turning your face away
from sentient beings,
though both of them are originally one?

'Buddha' and 'sentient beings' are only names.
If you seek the Buddha while attached to forms,
the harder you seek, the farther you will be from Him,
failing to see Him though you seek for kalpas.

Why don't you know
not being deceived by forms is the goal of our pratice?
Knowing your mind is the Buddha and sentient beings,
you are the very Buddha.

What is mind?
Let me answer when the Han River flows backward.

Written by
MASTER SUBUL SUNIM
Director of Anguk Zen Center
and Dongguk University's
International Seon Center
Translated by Boo Ahm
(Song Soo-kyong)