Zen Verse Appreciation (40)
Weekly Meeting
Zen Master
Song Wuzu Fa Yi
Learning Tao first requires you to return to hear sounds and see colors incredible
Long day and night every family, the moon shadow falls in the Chengtan several knowledge
Baiyun Mountain Haihui Temple
This is the verse written by Zen Master Wu Zu Fayan when he taught Zen master to Zen master at Haihui Temple in Baiyun Mountain, Taihu County. There are two in total, and this is one of them. The whole verse is simple and flowing.
Zen practitioners must make great efforts to realize their unmoving Bodhi nature. At every moment, in "seeing, hearing, awakening, and knowledge", there should be no discriminatory mind.
The moon hangs in the vast sky, and he spreads silver moonlight throughout every household. The moon is reflected in the clear pool. Although the moon in the sky echoes the moon in the water, several people know that although the moon in the water is right in front of their eyes, it is out of reach with us. Why? Because the moon in the water has no entity.
Fifth Patriarch Fa Yan was an outstanding monk in the Song Dynasty. What is the truth he told us in this verse? It would be unnecessary for me to interpret it again. I believe everyone will definitely have some inspiration after reading it.