Zen Language Vien Minh

Mom taught me to make small stones
Live hidden among the moss
If one day someone needs it
Wish to pave the way to bring visitors

Freedom is cavalier in bondage
Happiness is itself in the middle of suffering

Like a house that is not well-roofed
The rain will leak in
The mind is not skillful in mindfulness
Afflictions will stir

Often mindful and alert
Live according to the law, according to fate
Selfless, selfless happiness
Always be at ease, at ease

Speak often with caution
Always fully attentive
Listen and observe clearly
Come and go to France silently

Studying the noble and heartless
Do, think, say no mistake
Bright and quiet
Simplicity is profound

What's to come
What's going will go
Behave by chance
Fearless, renunciation mind

Life has light and dark
People who have a match, have a tan
Prosperity is relative
The new freedom is peaceful

Dependent origination of existence
Coincidentally, the French General was born
The nature of seeing often illuminates
Should be called...
Vien Minh

Painting of Master Phap Hanh