Bodhidharma crossing the Yangtze river on a reed. ~~~ A step forward A step backward And you are haunted by the ten thousand things. At the edgeless edge Where night meets day In the infinite realm of Being Awareness I cross the Yangtze Not a step is taken The Yangtze flows through Nowhere have I arrived Nowhere have I left At the edgeless edge The universe dancing in the palm of my hand

Bodhidharma crossing the Yangtze river on a reed. ~~~ A step forward A step backward And you are haunted by the ten thousand things. At the edgeless edge Where night meets day In the infinite realm of Being Awareness I cross the Yangtze Not a step is taken The Yangtze flows through Nowhere have I arrived Nowhere have I left At the edgeless edge The universe dancing in the palm of my hand