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I inscribed words on a little pebble,

The pebble said, “Please don’t scribble.”

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I told the pebble,

“I am injecting the mind of Buddha.”

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Little Pebble said,

“I do not want the mind of Buddha.”

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I asked,

“What mind, then, do you want?”

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“I have no mind.”

Little Pebble answered.

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“Since you have no mind,

Why not having the mind of Buddha?”

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“Buddha mind helps all sentient beings,

Turning their mind into no-mind”, I continued.

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Silently, Little Pebble consented.

Silently, I thanked Little Pebble with a salute…

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(2009/09/23 New Jersey, USA. Published in the book《紅塵回頭》by Dharma Rain Publication)