景德傳燈錄 29.7

29.7

The Great Way is not attained through practice; / speaking of practice is a provisional device for ordinary fools. / Attaining the principle and looking back upon practice, / only then does one know that effort was spent in vain. / Before awakening to the great principle of perfect penetration, / words and actions must support each other. / You must not cling to others' intellectual understanding; / turning the light back to the source, there is none at all. / Who understands this explanation? / I tell you to examine yourself: / see for yourself your past transgressions, / and remove the sores and warts of the five desires. / Liberated, easy, and free, / sell your elegant style cheaply wherever you go. / Who is there who resolves to buy it? / They too may become free from worry like me.