景德傳燈錄 29.28

29.28

眾生不解修道。便欲斷除煩惱。煩惱本來空寂。將道更欲覓道。一念之心即是。何須別處尋討。大道曉在目前。迷倒愚人不了。佛性天真自然。亦無因緣修造。不識三毒虛假。妄執浮沈生老。昔時迷日（一作未）為晚。今日始覺非早。

Sentient beings do not understand how to cultivate the Way, / And so they wish to sever afflictions. / Afflictions are fundamentally empty and tranquil; / Taking the Way, they further wish to seek the Way. / The mind of a single thought is itself it; / Why search and investigate elsewhere? / The Great Way is clearly right before your eyes, / Yet deluded, foolish people do not understand. / Buddha-nature is naturally spontaneous, / Neither cultivated nor constructed through causes and conditions. / Not recognizing that the three poisons are unreal, / They falsely grasp at floating, sinking, birth, and old age. / In the past, taking the days of delusion as late, / Today, first awakening, it is still not early.