当净其意如虚空
欲止小儿啼，方便为言说
心意与色空，本如第二月
when desiring the child to stop crying
speak conveniently
mind and thoughts, form and emptiness
are fundamentally like the second moon
Translation by Master Fa Tong
Empty Cloud | Xu Yun - Hsu Yun | 虚云大师
Teaching, poems and stories of the late Buddhist Chinese Chan Master
欲止小儿啼，方便为言说
心意与色空，本如第二月
when desiring the child to stop crying
speak conveniently
mind and thoughts, form and emptiness
are fundamentally like the second moon
Translation by Master Fa Tong