菩提本無樹 / pú tí běn wú shù /
Bodhi Was Never a Tree
Category:
One Stroke Calligraphy_Poetry 一筆字：古德悟道詩
Description:
菩提本無樹
唐 惠能大師（638～713）
菩提本無樹，明鏡亦非台，
本來無一物，何處惹塵埃？
──《六祖壇經》
Bodhi Was Never a Tree
Huineng (638 - 713, Tang Dynasty)
English translation: Miao Guang
Bodhi was a never tree,
Nor the bright mirror a stand;
Since nothing ever was,
Where can the dusts alight?
── from Liuzu Tanjing (Platform Sutra of the Sixth Patriarch)
References:
星雲大師全集【書法類】古德悟道詩 The Complete Works of Venerable Master Hsing Yun: Calligraphy-Poetry
