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    Verses by Shen-Hsiu and Hui-Neng For The Fifth Patriarch of Chan

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    This document contains two short poems about Buddhist concepts from the perspectives of the 5th Patriarch of Chan Buddhism, Shen-Hsiu, and Hui-Neng, who succeeded him. Shen-Hsiu's poem likens the body to a Bodhi tree and the mind to a bright mirror, encouraging keeping them free of dust. Hui-Neng's poem disputes this, saying the mind is like the tree and body like its stand, but sees nothing around for dust to land on.

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    This document contains two short poems about Buddhist concepts from the perspectives of the 5th Patriarch of Chan Buddhism, Shen-Hsiu, and Hui-Neng, who succeeded him. Shen-Hsiu's poem likens the body to a Bodhi tree and the mind to a bright mirror, encouraging keeping them free of dust. Hui-Neng's poem disputes this, saying the mind is like the tree and body like its stand, but sees nothing around for dust to land on.

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    VERSES FOR THE FIFTH PATRIARCH OF CHAN

    Phillip Medhurst

    SHEN-HSIU: This body is the Bodhi-tree,


    This heart-mind is a mirror, bright.
    So strive always to keep them free,
    Not letting any dust alight.

    HUI-NENG: The mind it is that’s like that tree,


    The body like a mirror-stand;
    But all around there’s nought to see:
    From where to what should dust then land?

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