The verses of the highest state of meditation are as follows:
1.
A calm mind means a calm voice, and there is no ancient or present.
——Bai Juyi's "Ship to the Musical Instrument at Night"
2.
Picking chrysanthemums under the east fence, leisurely seeing Nanshan Mountain.
The mountain air is getting better day by day, and the birds are flying back and forth.
——Tao Yuanming's "Drinking and Building a House in a Human Environment"
3.
The official said his mind was calm and his residence was secluded.
——Bai Juyi's "Gift to Wu Dan"
4.
Without indifference, there is no clear ambition, and without tranquility, there is no progress.
——Zhuge Liang's "Book of Commandments"
5.
The sky is clear, the moon is white, the river is clear, and the mind is calm, the seagulls know.
——Li Bai's "One of the Gifts to Hanyang Fulu"
6.
Rinse the cold teeth in the well and take a whisk to clear the heart.
Holding the Bayeux book leisurely, I walked out of Dongzhai to read.
——Liu Zongyuan's "Reading Zen Sutras at Chenyi Banchao Master's Academy"
7.
Bodhi has no tree, and a bright mirror is not a stand.
There is nothing there, so how can it cause dust.
——Huineng's "Bodhi Verses"
8.
The people in the stone room are calm, and the moon's shadow is dim in the ice pool.
——Jia Dao's "Ji Bai Ge Mo Gong"
9.
The house is in a human environment, without the noise of cars and horses.
How can you do this? The mind is far away from itself.
——Tao Yuanming's "Drinking and Making a House in the Human Land"
10.
The noise of bamboos returns to Huannu, and the lotus leaves move off the fishing boat.
Let the spring fragrance rest at will, and the kings and grandsons can stay.
——Wang Wei's "Autumn Dwelling in the Mountains"
11.
Landscape is not necessary for Zen, as it can extinguish the fire in the heart and cool it down.
——Du Xunhe's "Summer Inscription on Wukong in the Master's Courtyard"
12.
The birds are not surprised when they pass through the floating clouds, the sand is sinking and the running water is still clear.
No matter how noisy the world is, I can calm my mind and achieve fame.
——Wang Wei's "Birdsong Stream"
13.
The true source is unavailable, and the world has chased it away.
——Liu Zongyuan's "Reading Zen Sutras at the Banchao Master's Academy in the Morning"
14.
The breeze is coming slowly, but the water is calm.
——Su Shi's "Red Cliff Ode"
15.
Facing the sea, spring flowers are blooming.
——Haizi "Facing the sea, spring flowers are blooming"
16.
Only the breeze on the river and the bright moon in the mountains.
The ears perceive it as sound, and the eyes encounter it as color.
——Su Shi's "Red Cliff Ode"
17.
It spreads to enjoy the coolness of summer, and lies in the open shade.
——Meng Haoran's "The Huai Xin Da in the South Pavilion in Summer"
18.
The heart without material desires is the autumn sky and the sea;
Sitting with a qin and a book becomes a stone chamber and a Danqiu.
——Hong Yingming's "Cai Gen Tan"
19.
Sitting alone in the secluded bamboo, playing the piano and whistling loudly.
People in the deep forest don’t know that the bright moon comes to shine.
——Wang Wei's "Zhuli Pavilion"
20,
The noisy cicada forest is more quiet, and the bird singing mountain is more secluded.
——Wang Ji's "Entering Ruoye Creek"
21.
The people are idle, the osmanthus flowers are falling, and the night is quiet and the spring mountains are empty.
——Wang Wei's "Birdsong Stream"
22.
The sky is wide and the trees are low, and the clear moon on the river is close to the people.
——Meng Haoran's "Su Jiande River"
23.
The falling clouds and solitary swans fly together, and the autumn water is the same color as the sky.
——Wang Bo's "Preface to Prince Teng's Pavilion"
24.
Sneak into the night with the wind, moistening things silently.
——Du Fu's "Spring Night Happy Rain"
25.
All the sounds are silent, except for the sound of bells and chimes.
——Chang Jian's "Inscription on the Zen Temple Behind the Poshan Temple"
26.
A spring breeze, a leaf boat, a cocoon thread and a light hook.
——Li Yu's "The Fisherman·One Spring Breeze and One Leaf Boat"
27.
You can see deer when the trees are deep, but you can't hear the bell at noon in the stream.
——Li Bai's "Visiting Dai Tianshan Taoist No Encounter"
28.
After drinking, you might as well lie down drunk. Who has ears to listen when you are working hard in the world?
——Qin Guan's "The Courtyard is Full of Fragrant Polygonum Flowers"
29.
If the childish face can stay, why not be drunk by the flowing clouds.
——Meng Haoran's "Qingming Day Banquet in the Taoist Priest's Room with Plum Blossoms"
30.
As I untie my saddle and pillow on the green poplar bridge, Du Yu makes a sound of spring dawn.
——Su Shi's "Moon over the Xijiang River in Huangzhou"