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Mind Inscription and Mind-King Inscription: Two New Translations Jess Row View metadata, citation and similar papers at core.ac.uk brought to you by CORE provided by Biblioteca Digital de les Illes Balears Mind Inscription and Mind-King Inscription: Two New Translations Jess Row Editor’s note: Dharma teacher Jess Row recently translated “Mind Inscription,” “Faith in Mind” and “Mind-King Inscription” for a Chinese language class at Princeton University. “Faith in Mind” has been translated by many others, including Zen Master Hae Kwang, and is thus not included here. However, “Mind Inscription” has only been translated once, and this is the !rst English translation of “Mind-King Inscription.” Mind Inscription When high and low are not Don’t bother with discriminating illuminated, thinking— Attributed to Farong, founding patriarch !is is the most subtle point. !is itself is the mysterious void. of Ox-Head Mountain Know dharma without knowing; !oughts come, thoughts go— !e nature of mind is Not knowing is all the knowing you Make no distinction between non-arising: need. “before” and “after.” Why try to look for it? If you hope to keep a still mind, !e second thought won’t come Originally there is no dharma— You haven’t yet avoided sickness. If the "rst thought doesn’t produce Why talk about smoke and "re? it. 22] Living and dying while forgetting Going and coming without end, desire— In the three worlds there is Clinging to what you’ve known— !is is original nature. nothing— don’t bother. No mind, no Buddha. !e ultimate principle needs no All these things are useless. discussion— All beings have this without- In a place of quiet illumination, see Not loose, not tight. thinking mind, for yourself. If you want your spirit to pass freely And this is where your without- What is past is empty. through the things of this world, thinking mind will emerge. Always be with what is right in front Stuck in knowing, you confuse the Distinguishing between ordinary of your eyes. teaching. people and sages— If you think you see clearly the And if you "nd nothing in front of !is is the source of so many objects of cognition, your eyes, a#ictions. Be completely with that nothing. Your clarity is still lost in darkness. Constantly calculating and If one mind is obstructed, scheming is No dharma passes through. To seek the truth while turning away from the teachings. If things come and go naturally, what deception can pass? If you put to rest this need to control things good and bad, Existence and nonexistence share You will be full to the brim with the same characteristics pure illumination. And are illuminated in turn. !ere’s no need for cleverness If you want to attain purity of When you’re protecting an infantile mind, way of thinking. You must only use the e$ort of no- mind. If you use your keenest intelligence, You’ll see how erroneous views pervade the world around us. PRIMARY POINT Summer 2012 Without looking for anything, stay Without returning, without getting Originally there is no grasping, quiet, anything, So why should we throw anything In a dark place, not moving. Cut o" perceptions and forget away? about grasping. Your keenest intelligence doesn’t lie: To say “it exists” is demon speech. In the place of quiet you will #nd !e four virtues are non-arising; To say “emptiness” only resembles the brightest illumination. !e Buddha’s three bodies have what’s appropriate. always existed. !e ten thousand appearances are Don’t try to extinguish your all true, !e six sense faculties respond to unenlightened thoughts. All arranged in a network, of one cognitive objects, Only instruct yourself to rest your aspect. but this discrimination is not the thinking. only kind of consciousness. Whatever happens, stay sitting in !inking will be cut o" by no- the same place, !ere is one mind that does not mind, Without grasping anything. deceive, Mind will be extinguished by non- !at tames and corrects the ten e"ort. Believe me: there’s nowhere to go, thousand conditions of karma. And no one going there. Don’t bother trying to “investigate” !is mind-nature is originally even, emptiness— No holding, no scattering, It stays in one place and cannot be By itself it illuminates everything. No delays, no sickness. led astray. To cut o" life and death !is quiet illumination of things as Non-arising, it follows the way of Enter the principle with a mind of they are— things, deep mystery. !ere are no words to explain it. Accords with any situation, and Open your eyes and see the Keep this mind and don’t look for doesn’t draw attention to itself. characteristics, another. Enlightenment is originally not Allow your mind to see all that Don’t try to cut o" your cravings enlightenment. arises. [23 and lust. It becomes “enlightenment” when !en let your mind let go of all that Your discriminating nature is it’s no longer enlightenment. arises, ultimately empty, !e two extremes of having and not And in those arising objects the So let it appear and disappear having— mind itself will disappear. naturally. Who can call them “good” and As the mind erases objects, Not clean, not dirty, “bad”? Mind and objects collapse into each Not shallow, not deep. All things that seem to exist other. Originally there is no “then”; Are originally nonexistent and Mind quieted, objects quieted, See that there is also no “now.” unmade. !ey are now one and the same. See that there is also no abiding, !e knowing mind is not mind When objects are extinguished by And thus you will see your original !ere is no sickness and no the mind mind. medicine. !e mind is also extinguished by Originally nothing exists. In times of confusion, let go of the objects. !is realization is what is “now.” things of this world. Until neither mind nor objects arise Enlightenment-ceasing is not !e original existence of bodhi Leaving only quietness, calmness di"erent from this. Does not require you to hold and bright emptiness. on to anything. All the manifestations of bodhi Your a$ictions originally do become visible not exist. And the mind becomes like the You don’t have to do purest water anything to get rid of them. To attain your true nature, you Prajna illuminates itself. must become truly stupid: !e ten thousand dharmas Don’t make “near” or “far.” return to this point. PRIMARY POINT Summer 2012 Know that approval and disapproval Which is as far-reaching !e happiest path, the quietest are an unceasing cycle, As the sands of the Ganges. nature, So don’t keep any $xed address. Is found in the nature of things as In it there is nothing to refer to, they are. !en all this karma will suddenly Only a quieted mind with no place disappear, to rest. Not doing anything, not attaining And you’ll never think about it anything, And this not-resting mind again. all comes from not manifesting the Opens itself to bright emptiness. self. Endless day is like night. !is feeling of quiet and peace does Endless night is like day. !e four virtues, the six paramitas, not arise out of anything, all come together in the One Outside, you might seem like a It is always there, a broad, vast Vehicle. stubborn, protesting fool; liberation. Inside, your mind will be empty of If the mind does not arise, Anything can happen there, all truths. then it will be no di"erent from the And it will all remain in harmony. dharma. Don’t make any move in response to !e sun of wisdom is quietness, outside conditions— Know that arising and non-arising A light whose brightness never goes !is is the strength of a great Always exist at the same time. away. person. At this point, the sages know A grove of unmarked illumination, But don’t hold on to “person”; don’t !ere is nothing that can possibly A citadel of bright nirvana. hold on to “seeing”: be explained. Without seeing, everything appears. All of the conditions which go on endlessly— All-penetrating, You can try to explain them in Mind-King Inscription All-pervading. spiritual terms, Attributed to Fu Dashi (Mahasattva Fu) 24] !inking only leads you into to understand them in material darkness, terms. 1. And will bring chaos to your spirit. But don’t put up a platform for To perceive the mind of the When your mind stops moving, teaching the dharma. Buddha, the king of emptiness, Moving, stopping, moving—it all Close your eyes and rest in the is subtle, mysterious and di#cult. drains away. house of emptiness. Without shape, without any !e ten thousand objectless distinguishing characteristics, dharmas Still it has the strength of a great Have only one entrance. spirit. Not entering, not leaving, It can extinguish a thousand Not gentle, not warm. calamities, Sravakas and pratyekabuddhas And bring about ten thousand Cannot fathom this teaching. attainments. In reality there is not even one Although its essential nature is thing. empty, Only surpassing wisdom remains. It reveals all aspects of the dharma. Original reality is utterly empty Look for it and there’s nothing to Apart from mind there is nothing. see, Call out: you’ll just hear the sound Correct enlightenment is not of your own voice. enlightenment True emptiness is not emptiness. It is the greatest leader of the dharma, All Buddhas of the three worlds Its moral strength transmits the And all vehicles embrace this teachings. teaching. PRIMARY POINT Summer 2012 If water tastes salty, !en you have already reached the 4.
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