What is that by which

You know that you exist and by which

You perceive the body in the world?

Is this not really the only question

Needing to be answered?

Investigate this exclusively.

 

– Wu Hsin

Most come to Wu Hsin only to

Amass more knowledge.

You waste Wu Hsin’s time and your own.

For those few whose thirst is boundless,

Let these words be sufficient:

First, there is Beingness, I.

Then there is Knowing this Beingness, I am.

Last, there is the particularizing of the Knowing Beingness, I am this.

Thoroughly observe and investigate this progression.

Then, reverse it.

 

– Wu Hsin