The Ultimate Attainment

The past is already past.
Don't try to regain it.

The present does not stay.
Don't try to touch it.

From moment to moment.
The future has not come;

Don't think about it
Beforehand.

Whatever comes to the eye,
Leave it be.

There are no commandments
To be kept;

There's no filth to be cleansed.

With empty mind really
Penetrated, the dharmas

Have no life.

When you can be like this,

You've completed

The ultimate attainment.


-Pang Yun ( Zen Master)