The Human Route
Coming empty-handed, going empty-handed - that is human.
When you are born, where do you come from?
When you die, where do you go?
Life is like a floating cloud which appears.
Death is like a floating cloud which disappears.
The floating cloud itself originally does not exist.
Life and death, coming and going, are also like that.
But there is one thing which always remains clear.
It is pure and clear, not depending on life and death.
What is the one pure and clear thing?
COMMENTARY: A cat understands a cat's job. A dog understands a dog's job. Human beings appear - what do they do with their lives? They chase fame, money, stuff, food, and sex. After all that, then what? More chasing? More of the same?
But one thing is clear. It swallows everything - the sun, the moon, the stars, the oceans, the planet - everything. If you can find it, you will attain your true nature - the real you, free from all the horrors of life and death.
Then, go drink tea. ☕