Bodhi has no trees. What do you mean, where is the dust?

There is no tree in the bodhi tree, and the bright mirror is not a table. It's nothing. What dust will catch it there?

These two sentences are taken from the whole poem of Bodhisattva as follows:

Bodhi theory

Tang Huineng

Bodhi trees have no trees, and the mirror platform is not a platform.

Buddha's nature is always pure, where can there be dust?

The body of all beings is the knowledge of the tree of knowledge, and the heart of all beings is like a bright mirror.

The bright mirror is very clean, where will it get any dust?

Bodhi trees have no trees, and the mirror platform is not a platform.

It is nothing, no matter what it is, where will there be any dust?

Bodhi is just looking for the heart. Why should he go outside to look for profound Buddhist thoughts?

Practice yourself, and the paradise is just around the corner!

Extended data:

1, full poem translation

There is no bodhi tree, and it is not a bright stage. As long as sex is empty, there will be no dust! The body of all beings is the tree of enlightenment and wisdom, and the heart of all beings is like a bright stage mirror. The bright mirror is clean and there will be no dust! There is no bodhi tree, and it is not a bright stage.

It turns out that everything is empty, where is the dust! Bodhi only seeks the heart, why bother to seek the mystery from the outside world? Practice yourself in this way, and heaven is just around the corner!

2. Introduction to the author

Hui Neng (638 -7 13), whose common name is Lu, was born in Xinzhou (now Xinxing County, Guangdong Province) in the Tang Dynasty. My ancestral home is Fanyang County, which is now Zhuozhou City, Hebei Province. Hong Ren, the founder of Zen Buddhism and the fifth ancestor of Huangmei, taught him the mantle and inherited the Dongshan method. He is the sixth ancestor of Zen, and is called the sixth ancestor of Zen in the world.

Tang Xianzong chased the great Zen master. There are six ancestors' Tanjing, which has been handed down all over the world. He is one of the most influential Buddhist monks in the history of China. The real body of Zen master Huineng is enshrined in Zhaoling Tower of Nanhua Temple in Shaoguan, Guangdong.