Not understanding this, practitioners engage in cultivation,
Just as one mistakes a thief for his own son.


Loss of Dharma Wealth and the extinction of merits,
All are caused by the mind consciousness.
Through the Ch'an door, understand the cutting off of mind,
And suddenly enter the powerful view of the unborn.


The great hero uses the sword of wisdom;
This prajna blade blazes like a diamond.
It not only destroys the mind of the outer paths,
But long ago frightened away the heavenly demons.


Sound the Dharma thunder; beat the Dharma drum;
Spread the clouds of compassion and scatter ambrosia.
Where the elephant king treads the favors are boundless,
The three vehicles and five natures are awakened.


The pinodhi grass in the snow mountains is unmixed;
I often enjoy the pure ghee it produces.
One nature perfectly pervades all natures;
One Dharma includes all dharmas.
One moon appears in all waters;
The moons reflected in all waters are one.


The Dharma body of all Buddhas enters my nature;
Which is the same as the Tathagata's.
One stage encompasses all stages,
Not form nor mind nor karmic act.