Taming the Wild Horse: An Annotated Translation and Study of the Daoist Horse Taming Pictures by Louis Komjathy

Author:Louis Komjathy [Komjathy, Louis]
Language: eng
Format: epub, pdf
Tags: nature, Chinese, China, Animal Rights, Plants & Animals, philosophy, PHI023000, Subjects & Themes, PHILOSOPHY / Taoist, komj18126, history, art, NATURE / Animal Rights, Taoist, NAT039000, Literary Criticism, Asian, Asia
ISBN: 9780231543521
Google: shgwDwAAQBAJ
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Published: 2017-03-21T00:26:55.891550+00:00

Appendix 2

Song of Pure Awakening

I cultivate the heart-mind that is free of obstruction—

The numinous illumination of awakened nature constantly manifests.

The heart-mind opens in radiant emptiness, filling the ten directions;

Innate nature realizes spirit pervasion,1 infusing the phenomenal world.

With the awakened heart-mind enclosed,2

And with innate nature spontaneously liberated,

My heart-mind is that of a perfected immortal returning to its ground.

To become realized, quickly set out to investigate innate nature;

In sudden awareness, one can return to one’s original endowment.3

With innate nature in isolation,

And the radiance of the heart-mind expanding,

Innate nature arrives from beginning to end, an omen both inside and outside.

From ancient times to the present, stability4 of the heart-mind has been the current of our established tradition5—

Innate nature resembles dead ashes while one delights in solitary sitting.6

With the heart-mind like withered wood,7

And with innate nature extending everywhere,

The heart-mind [realizes] form and emptiness,8 severing ties to concern for either.

Our elders9 emphasized the breakthrough wherein innate nature is solitary and pure;

At peace in body and heart-mind, one must expel every trace of self-interest.

By guarding10 your heart-mind,

With innate nature able to be relied upon,

The heart-mind forgets every distraction so that something rare arises.

Innate nature is empty of karmic influences,11 obscure without residual traces;12

The heart-mind effortlessly becomes infused and harmonious, free from backsliding.13

With innate nature still and genuine,

And with the heart-mind clear and lofty,

Innate nature is simple and joyful, free of any concern for personal profit.14

The heart-mind is compassionate and humble, without greed or anger;15

Innate nature is honest and vast, like a person with few imperfections.

With the heart-mind resembling a fire,

And with innate nature like its kindling,

The heart-mind joins infant with child.

Innate nature matches Taishan16 in its motionlessness;

The heart-mind, resembling the sun and moon, is a luminous tower.

Innate nature is the white ox;

The heart-mind is the shepherd;

Innate nature conquers the Three Death-Bringers17 who attempt to bring about ruin.

The heart-mind is the king, the ruler of all other lords;18

The heart-mind is a sharp sword, the principal regulator of the emotions.

The heart-mind is the golden elixir;

Innate nature is the medicinal ocean;

In the Palace of Li-fire,19 the Maiden20 gathers [the state of] no-mind.21

From the Storehouse of Kan-water,22 the cart of innate nature circulates through the Celestial Cycle;23

Taking hold of the raven and the tortoise,24 the heart-mind is naturally reverent.

Within the crescent moon of the heart-mind,

Innate nature is at once bright and dark;

The pearl sand coalesces in the cauldron as the heart-mind stores the precious substance.

On the road to Caoxi,25 there is the innate nature of Handan;26

Gathering the treasures in the vessel, lead and mercury unite.27

With the heart-mind completely perfect,28

And with innate nature [joined with] the great Dao,

The heart-mind and innate nature are completely purified, as one observes independence.29

Longing to realize the Dharma Body,30 one becomes an immortal of Daluo;31

Resting in the Original Beginning,32 the heart-mind and innate nature are secure.33

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