' There is not a single thing '...

“It is clearly seen: there is not a single thing.

Nor are there any people; nor are there any Buddhas.

The great thousand worlds are bubbles in the sea.

All the worthy sages are like flashes of lightning.

Even if an iron wheel were rolled over one's head, samadhi and wisdom would be fully bright and never lost.”




Song of Enlightenment
By Great Master Yung Chia of The T'ang Dynasty
Commentary by Tripitaka Master Hsuan Hua
Translated into English by
International Institute For The Translation of Buddhist Texts

Dharma Realm Buddhist University, Talmage, California

Buddhist Text Translation Society, 1983