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When its pure meaning is emptines

June 8, 2016 by Eric Johns

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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

 

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