All beings by nature are wild,
as ice by nature is water.
How sad that people ignore the near
and search for truth afar,
like someone in the midst of water
crying out in thirst...
Those who hear this truth even once
and listen with a grateful heart,
treasuring it, revering it,
gain blessings without end.
Much more, if you dedicate yourself
and confirm your own self-nature...
...with form that is no form
going and coming - never astray,
with thought that is no thought
singing and dancing are the voice of the wild.
Boundless and free is the sky,
bright the full moon of wisdom,
truly is anything missing now?
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