Of single essence ~ Sengcan

If the eye never sleeps,
all dreams will naturally cease.
If the mind makes no discriminations,
the ten thousand things
are as they are, of single essence.


Sengcan

from the book Hsin-Hsin Ming: Verses on the Faith-Mind

translated by Richard B. Clarke


source: http://terebess.hu/english/hsin.html#3


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