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With a reverent heart, if we listen to this Truth

Even once, and praise it and gladly embrace it,

We will surely be blessed most infinitely.

If we concentrate within

And testify to the truth that self-nature is no-nature,

We have really gone beyond vain words.

The gate of the oneness of cause and effect is open.

The path of non-duality and true clarity runs

Straight ahead.

To regard the form of no-form as form,

Whether going or returning,

We cannot be any place else.

To regard the thought of no-thought as thought,

Whether singing or dancing,

We are the voice of the Dharma.

How boundless the clear sky of Samadhi!

How transparent the perfect moonlight of the

Fourfold Wisdom!

At this moment what more need we seek?

As the Truth eternally reveals Itself

This very place is the Lotus Paradise!

This very Body is the Buddha!

Master Hakuin