Yet, Though It Is Like

Though It Has No Thought Of Keeping Watch, It's Not For Naught That The Scarecrow Stands In The Grain Field.

When Both Body And Mind Are At Peace, All Things Appear As They Are: Perfect, Complete, Lacking Nothing.

There Is A Simple Way To Become Buddha: When You Refrain From Unwholesome Actions, Are Not Attached To Birth And Death, And Are Compassionate Toward All Sentient Beings, Respectful To Seniors And Kind To Juniors, Not Excluding Or Desiring Anything, With No Designing Thoughts Or Worries, You Will Be Called A Buddha. Do Not Seek Anything Else.

Do Not Arouse Disdainful Mind When You Prepare A Broth Of Wild Grasses; Do Not Arouse Joyful Mind When You Prepare A Fine Cream Soup.

To What Shall I Liken The World? Moonlight, Reflected In Dewdrops, Shaken From A Crane's Bill.