As the dragon-god with thunder and lightning Brings showers on the earth all over, And the rain-drops discriminate not; Even so is it with all the Buddha’s Dharma. --- THE BUDDHA’S DHARMA. (2) As in her oneness mother earth Creates diversities of seeds And in her inmost no discrimination knows; E’en so is it with all the Buddha’s Dharma. As in the cloudless sky the sun O’er the ten quarters all illuminates, And in its brightness shows no difference; E’en so is it with all the Buddha’s Dharma. As high up in the heavens is the moon Beheld by all beings on earth, And there’s nowhere her glory reaches not; E’en so is it with all the Buddha’s Dharma. The Brahma-râja great In thousands of worlds himself all manifests And knows in his being no diversities; E’en so is it with all the Buddha’s Dharma. --- {390} THE PASSIONS AND WISDOM. Only in the filthiness of soil, Could the seed be sown and grow; Even so in the mire of passion Cherished by all sentient beings All over the world, If by the sons of Buddha well attended to, There will grow the seed of Buddha-dharma. Just as in filth and mud The lotus grows and blooms, Even so in a heart defiled with evil karma The seeds of Buddha-dharma are growing. --- IGNORANCE AND ENLIGHTENMENT. (1) A mansion there was once which was a hundred thousand years of age; No occupant was there, nor doors nor windows; Devas and men, all of a sudden, There came and burned a lamp; And the darkness that dwelt so long Departed instantly without a word. The inky darkness that the mansion filled Resisted not, “I’ve lived here for ages, And I’ll never be removed from here.” Even with karma-consciousness and the horde of passions in the heart, The analogy holds true. Though there abiding many hundred thousand kalpas, Their ultimate nature is not true nor real. When a traveler, day or night, Enters upon the truthful path, The lamp of wisdom burns in its full splendor; And the horde of evil passions Cannot tarry there, even for a moment. --- {391} IGNORANCE AND ENLIGHTENMENT. (2) Bright shines the lamp, And the inky night is gone. But with the darkness The quarters vanish not; Yet this illuminating lamp, If not in the dark, nowhere doth shine: For light and dark depend upon each other; No selfhood having,[a16] they’re empty. ’Tis even so with enlightenment. In comes enlightenment, And out goes ignorance of its own accord. But both are like unto the flowers in the air, For neither by itself exists; Impossible is one alone, either to keep or to forego. --- THE BODHISATTVA AND ALL BEINGS[a17]