12 Famous Verses For Deep Concentration -10 -十二时颂- 人定亥

Stillness Time: 2100-2300 Hours

Inexhaustible cultivation becomes Laziness.

No trace of delusion arose in mind cultivation.

Always be carefree in the light of no form.

Surpass the Shakya-Muni, Surpass the Patriarches.

Any dust exists in mind will result obstruction.Suddenly becoming worry-free and carefree like nothing can be bothered.

Here is his own librated Gem which is widely appreciated by everybody.

(10 of 12 verses, by Ancient Chinese Monk Zi-Gong, Liang Dynasty)

十二时颂–人定亥。

勇猛精进成懈怠。

不起纤豪修学心。

无相光中常自在。

超释迦，越祖代。

心有微尘还窒阂。

廓然无事顿清闲。

他家自有通人爱。

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12 Famous Verses For Deep Concentration -9 -十二时颂- 黄昏戌

 
After Dark Time: 1900-2100 hours

The wild zen practitioner is cultivating to illuminate the dark doom.

When psychic power of inmost mind is connected to immeasurable time

There is no difference ever since hundreds of thousands of millions of ages from today.

Attempting to negotiate it with but responded with chirps and whirrs.

It turns the mind in absolute darkness.

No matter day or night, the mind rays shone the existence and non-existence.

This ignorant idiot is now called a Paramita.

(9 of 12 verses, by Ancient Chinese Monk Zi-Gong, Liang Dynasty)

十二时颂–黄昏戌。

狂子兴功投暗室。

假使心通无量时。

历劫何曾异今日。

拟商量，却啾唧。

转使心头黑如漆。

昼夜舒光照有无。

痴人唤作波罗蜜。

12 Famous Verses for Deep Concentration- 8 – 十二时颂 -日入酉

Sunset Time: 1700-1900 Hours

Sensual world of delusion lasts not for long.

A cuisine of Zen pleasure is not intended to consume.

Not even eager to drink the wine of ignorance.

Nothing to be disposed, no object is to guard.

A carefree and unfettered life which has never been experienced before.

Even though someone learns a lot and   
is knowledgeable about historical and modern issues.

He is still an ignorant idiot who walks out of the right path.

(8 of 12 verses, by Ancient Chinese Monk Zi-Gong, Liang Dynasty)  

十二时颂 –日入酉。

虚幻声音终不久。

禅悦珍羞尚不餮。

谁能更饮无明酒。

没可抛，无物守。

荡荡逍遥不曾有。

纵尔多闻达古今。   

也是痴狂外边走。  

12 Famous Verses For Deep Concentration – 7 – 十二时颂- 晡时申

 

Late Afternoon: 1500-1700 Hours

To practice shall firstly not dislike being poverty.

All phenomena are independent arising.

Since of formless, why need to implement any form of truth.

Attempting to purify is totally wasting of energy.

Do not recognize ignorance as your close neighborhood.

Talking with no desire, has no permanent residence.

Temporary just call me a Monk.
(7 of 12 verses, by Ancient Chinese Monk Zi-Gong, Liang Dynasty)     

十二时颂– 晡时申。
学道先须不厌贫。

有相本来权积聚。

无形何用要安真。

作净洁，却劳神。

莫认愚痴作近邻。

言下不求无处所。

暂时唤作出家人。