The Mirror of Zen

Commentary

To cut off all thinking and let go of all conditions, all cause and
effect-this is already attaining the truth within your own mind.
You can then be called a true man of the Way who has nothing
left to accomplish! How wonderful! Such a one is completely
unfettered and from moment to moment does not make anything:
When hungry , he eats, when tired, he sleeps. He wanders
freely among the clear streams and blue mountains. He mingles
easily and without hindrance in the busy ports and alehouses.
The ebb and flow of time does not concern him, and yet spring
comes and the green grass grows, as it always has.
The essential point here is that whenever thinking arises, one
should instead reflect inwardly on our own true mind's light.