My Diamond Sutra
My daily activities are not me
I am not what I do
What I do is just a harmony
Of action in the world
Neither am I this or that
Or any of the roles prescribed
I am a free being
Drawing water, carrying firewood
Watching the moon because
I can, I grasp for nothing and
In a way I discard nothing
I’m a marvellous activity
Of loving the universe that created me
That is my true function
The wind won’t settle
My mind won’t rest
The birds will sing
The sun will shine
I will be ignorant and simple
The mind of the past is ungraspable
The mind of the future future is ungraspable
The mind of the present is ungraspable
So I learn slowly to
Stop grasping at things and people.