November 07^th, 2025

The Way is arrived at by enlightenment.
The first priority is to establish resolve.
It is no small matter to step directly
From the bondage of the ordinary person
Into transcendent experience of the realm of sages.

It requires that your mind
Be firm as steel to cut off
The flow of birth and death,
Accept your original real nature,
Not see anything at all as
Existing inside or outside yourself,
So all actions and endeavors emerge from the fundamental.

Yuanwu