The gateless

Unlimited vastness

Omnipresent in all dharma realms

This moment — it is

The essence — it is

Without practice or realization

Without mind or words

Of course — without entry

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The gate

Stands on emptiness

Entry after entry

Gateways all are they

With a gate one steps in

Within entrances practitioners train and realize

Of course — cling not to entrances

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With or without gate

Chan itself is

Not two but one and the same

Gateless and gates are unity

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The gateless is the essence

The gate is form of means

Inseparable are they

The forms and the formless

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Formless has no practice or realization

Without ending or point of entry

With forms one experiences the formless

With practice one realizes emptiness

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The ultimate and one

Chan — Is

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(Preface from Entering the Gateless — A Chan Master’s Advice, published on May 6, 2016 )

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