Topple Mount Sumeru
By knocking down Mount Sumeru
Obstacles are purged.
In the pure sea of our nature true,
No more waves emerge.
Awake, to penetrate and know
The true face of each of us.
Prajna wisdom always shows
That all things are forever thus.
Verse for starting the Chan session
Gold Mountain Chan Monastery, San Francisco
December 5th, 1971