Reaching Consummation, obtaining Buddha’s Fruit,
Eating bitterness treated as joy.
Toiling the body does not count as bitterness,
Cultivating the heart is most agonizing.
Each and every barrier must be broken through,
Here and there, demons are everywhere.
A hundred hardships falling all at once,
See how one lives.
Able to endure suffering in the world,
Transcending the world, is a Buddha.
December 17, 1976
Being a Human
One who is for fame resents till death,
One who is for gain disavows family;
One who is for sentiment brings vexation on himself,
Bitterly fighting each other, making karma over a lifetime.
Not seeking fame, enjoying leisure, feeling content,
Not stressing gain, a benevolent righteous person;
Not moved by sentiment, clear-hearted with few desires,
With benevolence, cultivating oneself, accruing virtue over a lifetime.
Enlightened Being
Ordinary people don’t know me,
I sit in mystery;
Amidst profit and desire, no me,
A hundred years later, only me.
Note: Written before I taught Fa, when I myself was cultivating alone.
Who Dares Give Up the Heart of Ordinary People
Ordinary people only want to be immortals,
Behind mystery and wonder, there is heartache;
Cultivating the heart, severing desires, discarding attachments,
Lost in tribulations, one blames the heavens.
The vast, boundless heaven and earth look small to me,
The immense firmament was made by whom?
Beyond heaven and earth—even more boundless,
For the grand wish,[1] spreading the great Dao.
January 1, 1990
Live with no pursuit,
Die not caring about staying;
Clear out all wild thoughts,
Cultivating to a Buddha is not hard.
October 20, 1991
Gong cultivation has a way, the heart is the path
Dafa has no bounds, hardship serves as the ferry
Buddha’s light illuminates everywhere,
Propriety and justice are perfected and illuminated.
Together, wholeheartedly strive upward,
The path ahead is bright.
Truthful…mystical…cultivate…[2]
Drowsy…alert…enlighten…[3]
January 17, 1993
[2]The ellipses in this line represent the Chinese character 乎, which suggests self-reflection by questioning, or by guessing with some doubt, or self-reflection with an element of exclamation.
Cultivation in the three religions[4] teaches inaction,
Using the mind improperly is with action;
Exclusively doing good deeds is still action,
Attachment discarded is true inaction.
January 17, 1993
Inborn quality is a condition from birth,
Right enlightenment is the reason for a high-level
person’s wisdom.
With Zhen-Shan-Ren in the heart, there is Dao,
Cultivating Falun Dafa can lead to Consummation.
The heart embraces Zhen-Shan-Ren,
Cultivate oneself, benefit others.
Dafa does not leave the heart,
Some year, surely transcend the human.
