A few versus from a sutra I have been reading
One should have a direct understanding in regard to the root of all things,
If you go on gathering leaves and branches, there is no help for you.
The rays of light emanating from one perfect sun belong to the realm of form and yet not to it.
There is no difficulty in recognizing images in the mirror,
But who can take hold of the moon reflected in water?
The Mind like a mirror is brightly illuminating and knows no obstructions,
It penetrates the vast universe to its minutest crevices;
All its contents, multitudinous in form, are reflected in the Mind,
Which, shining like a perfect gem, has no surface, nor the inside.
The mind functions through the sense−organs, and thereby an objective world is comprehended−−
This dualism marks darkly on the mirror;
When the dirt is wiped off, the light shines out;
So when both the mind and the objective world are forgotten, the Essence asserts its truth.
If you go on gathering leaves and branches, there is no help for you.
The rays of light emanating from one perfect sun belong to the realm of form and yet not to it.
There is no difficulty in recognizing images in the mirror,
But who can take hold of the moon reflected in water?
The Mind like a mirror is brightly illuminating and knows no obstructions,
It penetrates the vast universe to its minutest crevices;
All its contents, multitudinous in form, are reflected in the Mind,
Which, shining like a perfect gem, has no surface, nor the inside.
The mind functions through the sense−organs, and thereby an objective world is comprehended−−
This dualism marks darkly on the mirror;
When the dirt is wiped off, the light shines out;
So when both the mind and the objective world are forgotten, the Essence asserts its truth.