IN MY EARLY YEARS, I SET OUT TO ACQUIRE LEARNING, AND I STUDIED COMMENTARIES AND INQUIRED INTO SUTRAS AND SHASTRAS. DISTINGUISHING AMONG TERMS AND CHARACTERISTICS, I DIDN'T KNOW HOW TO STOP. ENTERING THE SEA TO COUNT THE SANDS I EXHAUSTED MYSELF IN VAIN. BUT THE THUS COME ONE REPRIMANDED THIS FOLLY: WHAT BENEFIT IS THERE IN COUNTING OTHER'S TREASURES?! UNSUCCESSFUL ALL ALONG, I FELT I HAD PRACTICED IN VAIN. MANY YEARS I WASTED AS A TRANSIENT, LIKE DUST IN THE WIND. Song of Enlightenment By Great Master Yung Chia of The T'ang Dynasty
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IN MY EARLY YEARS, I SET OUT TO ACQUIRE LEARNING,
AND I STUDIED COMMENTARIES AND INQUIRED INTO SUTRAS AND SHASTRAS.
DISTINGUISHING AMONG TERMS AND CHARACTERISTICS, I DIDN'T KNOW HOW TO STOP.
ENTERING THE SEA TO COUNT THE SANDS I EXHAUSTED MYSELF IN VAIN.
BUT THE THUS COME ONE REPRIMANDED THIS FOLLY:
WHAT BENEFIT IS THERE IN COUNTING OTHER'S TREASURES?!
UNSUCCESSFUL ALL ALONG, I FELT I HAD PRACTICED IN VAIN.
MANY YEARS I WASTED AS A TRANSIENT, LIKE DUST IN THE WIND.
Song of Enlightenment
By Great Master Yung Chia of The T'ang Dynasty