Hsin-Hsin Ming: Verses on the Faith-Mind Paperback – Illustrated, April 1, 2001

One of the greatest and most unheralded masterpieces of all time, this poem is more concise and elegant even than the Tao Te Ching. It delivers a pure and refreshing teaching literally in every line. Every human being should be given this book at birth. The instruction is bold and undiluted. What it calls for is nearly impossible --to completely let go at every point of attachment-- but without it there is no freedom.As a readable text, the Clarke translation is superb and the most gratifying I have found. It is full of life, and it is imbued with the gentle spirit and presence of the Third Patriarch.You can find this translation in several places online for free, but the delightful tiny package and reasonable price makes it a great back pocket companion. Buy 10 and give them away.

I first came across this little gem of a book in 2001, and I return to it often. It's a lovely translation, and for the serious practitioner, a useful pointer to the essence of Zen as a living practice. I have purchased several copies over the years to share with friends on the path. I hope you find it useful as well. Peace.

The wave is not separate and independent, long lasting entity from the ocean. The wave can't know the ocean, 🌊, from the perspective of a wave. The wave is the ocean. The ocean is being, waving. They are OneYou can't use the Buddha to find the BuddhaYou can't use light to find lightNon duality is the key to Enlightenment"Don’t waste your time in arguments and discussion attempting to grasp the ungraspable.""All the Buddhas and all sentient beings are nothing but the One Mind, beside which nothing exists. The One Mind alone is the Buddha, and there is no distinction between the Buddha and sentient beings."

I read another version/translation of the Hsin-Hsin Ming years ago and found it both challenging and overwhelming.Have you ever had that feeling that you have it figured out? That you’ve arrived? Yeah, I had that. Then, I read Seng Ts’an’s words and I was broken.It was the good kind of breaking, the kind where you can come back stronger and closer to awake.I was recently struggling my practice and decided I needed a good shaking, so I found this translation and slowly devoured it. Over and over.If you want your thinking to change and your mind to be stronger, I highly recommend reading and meditating and working to live these words.

This tiny little pamphlet-book should be in everyone’s library! Deep wisdom that can free you in a minute just by opening a page. I travel with this book always, and have it by my bed to touch into before sleeping.

4 tiny pages of translators' notes. And 4 tiny pages of Hsin Ming quotes.Not a book. Very small 8 page pamphlet.

As little booklet, keep next to my bed

Words are used to take us beyond words. When nothing is said, nothing is left unsaid. All things arise together and all things disappear together. How wonderful.

This is a simple pointer of how to practice Chan.Unfortunately, the creators of the Kindle version did not check it on an iPhone or perhaps any smartphone. If you read this with the phone in portrait mode, the first letter and a half of the first word is chopped off. I have changed settings, but nothing fixes that problem.However, if you put the phone in landscape mode, it works fine. But that is very inconvenient and less of the text is available at one glance.Nonetheless, this is awesome book written by the Third Patriarch. It was written when Zen was simple and straightforward. When you find your practice is become work, read this poem.

Live this book. This book is enough for removal of all sorts of misery of entire mankind. Live it before it’s late.

oui c'est une tentative de traduction d'un authentique maître.....mais un prix si élevé pour 12 pages.... ave des photos !

For everyone looking for other, this book brings you back home to all.A gem to all who read these few words of enlightenment, enjoy and savour.Relax you are here where all is. Be well, be happy in your skin.

It's a short complement to the Tao Te Ching but a fundamental oneLoved the quick readRecommend it to all