The original text is as follows:
Bodhi theory
Tang dynasty: Huineng
Bodhi trees have no trees, and the mirror platform is not a platform.
Buddha's nature is always pure, where can there be dust?
The body is a bodhi tree, and the heart is a mirror.
The bright mirror is very clean, where will it get any dust?
Bodhi trees have no trees, and the mirror platform is not a platform.
It is nothing, no matter what it is, where will there be any dust?
Bodhi is just looking for the heart. Why should he go outside to look for profound Buddhist thoughts?
Practice yourself, and the paradise is just around the corner!
Translation:
There is no tree in the bodhi tree, and the bright mirror is not a table.
Buddha's nature is always pure, where can there be dust?
The body of all beings is the tree of enlightenment and wisdom, and the heart of all beings is like a bright stage mirror.
A clean mirror, where will be stained with dust?
There is no tree in the bodhi tree, and the bright mirror is not a table.
There is nothing in the first place, where can it be contaminated with dust?
Bodhi only looks at the heart, why bother to seek mysterious Buddhist thoughts from the outside world?
Practice yourself in this way, and heaven is just around the corner!
Extended data
Bodhisattva:
Bodhi, transliterated in Sanskrit, literally translated as "enlightenment" or "wisdom", and the old translation is also called "Tao". Refers to the understanding of Buddhist teachings or the ideal path of Buddhism. The songs and poems sung by monks are called songs. Bodhi songs are songs that interpret Buddhist teachings.
Creative background:
As for the origin of this poem, there is a clear record in the fourth to eighth sections of the Tanjing: Hongren, the fifth ancestor, "called all his disciples one day" and asked everyone to "write a poem". Huineng's poems are directed at Shen Xiu's Five Fragrant Books.
According to the altar sutra, Huineng couldn't read, so she first "asked someone to read" the beautiful melody, and then wrote this song "asked a scholar to write it at the Western Wall".