That which acts is the mind, that which receives retribution is the body;
No need to put the blame on others.
If you want to escape continuous karma,
Do not slander the Tathagata's wheel of right Dharma.


There are no other trees in a sandalwood forest.
The lion lives in luxuriant dense thickets.
He strolls along in the quiet woods,
All other animals and birds keep their distance.


A crowd of animals follows the lions,
Who can roar at the age of three.
If a wild fox challenges the Dharma King,
It is like a monster opening his mouth for a hundred years.


The teaching of complete sudden enlightenment is not to be used as a favor.
All unsettled doubts must be debated until clear.
Not that I, a mountain monk, want to be presumptuous,
But cultivation may make you fall into the pit of cessation and permanence.


Wrong is not wrong; right is not right;
The slightest deviation veers a thousand miles off course.
If right, the dragon maiden becomes Buddha at once;
If wrong, the monk Suraksatra falls alive into hell.


Since an early age I have accumulated knowledge,
Studying the sutras, shastras, and commentaries.