Bright Pearl

Bright Pearl

我有明珠一顆         There is a bright pearl within me,

久被塵勞關鎖         Buried for a long time under dust.

今朝塵盡光生         Today, the dust is gone and the light radiates,

照破山河萬朶         Shining through all the mountains and rivers.

Master Yueh of Ch'a-ling (茶陵郁) (The Golden Age of Zen 248, 322 n.7)

Master Yueh of Ch'a-ling "came to his enlightenment when he slipped and fell in crossing a bridge, and that he hit off a very wonderful gatha on the occasion." (The Golden Age of Zen 248)