This book provides an intuitive insight into the heart of Zen
through a translation of Seng-Ts'an's poem, Hsin Hsin Ming. Reading
through the pages you will become familiar with the basic
principles of Zen with an interesting collection of perspectives
from Quantum Physics to more traditional views of Taoism. These
different thoughts are brought together to serve the reader a
rewarding experience. Hsin Hsin Ming by Seng-Ts'an is the Zen Poem
that is often referred to as the poem of nothing. While very short,
it is the fusion of Lao Tzu's Taoism and Buddha's Buddhism into
what is known as Zen. It is like a waterfall that you listen to. It
says nothing but speaks the unknown to those who can hear it.
Become like a temple to hear the what isn't being said. This is to
know the meaning of this poem. The central message of the Hsin Hsin
Ming is to point directly to the mind by giving up judgments and
opinions so you can see the Oneness and the Nothingness of what
reality really is. The poem professes the need to live life with
equanimity, to practice living in a state of non-duality while in
this dualistic world. It is a guide to the path of Enlightenment.
It isn't about trying to attain anything, rather it is about losing
false views and perceptions. To remove all that the ego so desires
to cling to. The path to enlightenment is the realization that
there is nothing to find, nowhere to go, nothing to achieve. There
is no need to search for God for God has been within you always.
God, itself is your true self, your true being. It is nothing more
than waking up from the dream. "Upon returning home on a cold
winter night, I begin my evening by building a fire in the
fireplace to chase away the chill. Once I have gathered the logs
and placed them so, I start the fire. At the birth of the flames
starting to flicker among the logs, it is in that moment I know
that I am releasing all the memories that have been stored up in
that tree. I know that I am releasing the sunshine that gave warmth
to that tree, that tree from whence the firewood came. I know that
I am releasing the clouds that gave it shade, the rain that
quenched its thirst, the soil from which it received its
nourishment, and all those enjoyments that the tree experienced so
joyfully, like those memories of the autumn breeze caressing its
leaves and the still of the moonlight on a winter night while that
tree stood stoic in deep contemplation. And in the knowing of
giving shelter in the spring and being a refuge to the song birds
and the animals that called it home. Yes, while I witness the
flickering of those flames, I see all of this and more, for the log
in the fire is more than what it seems. It is at once an explosion
of all its life's experiences and joys, and a reminder of what we
leave behind, for this log has shown me, how even I, am connected
to it all."
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