dharma day
24th December 2006

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The nature of the Dharmas is perfect.

 
         
 
 

It does not have two different aspects.

 
         
 
 

All the various Dharmas are unmoving

 
         
 
 

and fundamentally still.

 
         
 
 

They are without name and form,

 
 
     
 
 

cut off from all things.

 
 
     
 
 

This is understood by enlightened wisdom,

 
 
     
 
 

and not by any other sphere.

 
 
     
 
 

The One is in the many,

 
 
     
 
 

the many are within the One.

 
 
     
 
 

The One is many the many are One

 
 
     
 
 

Numberless kalpas are the same as one moment.

 
 
     
 
 

One moment is the same as numberless kalpas.

 
         
 
This is an excerpt from a long teaching-poem based on the Avatamsaka-sutra. It was written by a very famous master, Ui-Sang, during the golden age of the Shilla Dynasty in Korea. These verses are chanted every day in most temples in Korea. They point directly to the nature of Dharma.