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title: 悟空 Enlightening to Emptiness
description: "By Pleasant Lotus"
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悟空

Enlightening to Emptiness

悅蓮/文

By Pleasant Lotus

恍恍惚兮因緣起，空即當體物聚；
縹縹緲兮由緣謝，體即當空事去。

The cause arises from a haze.
When things gather, emptiness is existence.
The cause disappears into mist.
When things are gone, existence is emptiness.

玉藕空兮華自萌，花開花落蓮成；
翠竹空兮節自生，清骨亮節高風。

From the hollow of the root, lotus flowers grow.
The flowers bloom and wither; the lotus seed pod forms.
The hollow inside of the bamboo produces the nodes.
The stalk is pure, the nodes are lofty, and the style is noble.

宇宙空兮萬物容，云起星聚黑洞；
至心空兮顯佛性，三昧深禪清淨。

The universe is empty, yet it contains the myriad things.
Clouds form and stars gather around the black hole.＊
With the mind emptied the Buddha-nature manifests.
Samadhi, deep Dhyana, pure and clean.

空至極兮否泰來，空即當空永恆。

When emptiness reaches the utmost point, adversity is followed by felicity.
Eternally, emptiness is just emptiness.

＊黑洞：恆星演化的最後階段，高密度無輻射的天體。

Black hole: the last stage of a star, which is characterized by such high density
that no light is emitted.