Wake Up and Laugh!

If I entrust everything I’m searching for to my one mind,
I will realize that the path I seek
is in everything around me

오로지 내 한마음에 모든 원을 세운다면, 사방에 문이 없어

My one mind is the Bodhisattva of Compassion,
so I return to my one mind and rely upon it.

내 한마음 그대로 관세음이신 고로 내 한마음에 귀의하오니,

If I entrust all of the vows I have made to my one mind,
I will surely become a Buddha.

오로지 내 한마음에 모든 원을 세운다면 성불하리라

My one mind is the Bodhisattva of Compassion,
so I return to my one mind and rely upon it.

내 한마음 그대로 관세음이신 고로 내 한마음에 귀의하오니,

Although I’m fairly happy with the outcome of the elections in the US, it’s important to remember that what other people are doing, or aren’t doing, doesn’t solve what we need to do. There are very fundamental things we have to do, that only we can do, in order to evolve and grow. If we want to move beyond this level we are currently stuck at, we are the ones who have to do that work. Buddhas can’t, saints can’t, and even your own mother can’t. You are the only one who can give water to your own root. You are the only one who can complete the conditions necessary for flowers to bloom on your own tree.

If I believe and follow only my one mind,
I can become one with continuously arising unenlightened beings,
and in so doing, save them all.

오로지 내 한마음 믿고 따르면
찰나찰나 나투는 모든 중생 그대로 건지리다.

The lines below work as a refrain in this part of the Thousand Hands Sutra, repeating around ten times. I was tempted to start skipping over them, but on second thought, I decided that it’s impossible to over-emphasize this part. It seems very simple, and the concept isn’t hard to grasp, but we need to really grasp it. We need to grasp it at the level of our bones, which is probably why it’s repeated so often.

My one mind is the Bodhisattva of Compassion,
so I return to my one mind and rely upon it.

내 한마음 그대로 관세음이신 고로 내 한마음에 귀의하오니,

If I believe and believe,
and follow my one mind,
wisdom will burst forth
and the path to freedom will become clear.

내 한마음 믿고 믿어 따른다면 지혜 물리 터져 나와 자유법을 얻으리라.

My one mind is the Bodhisattva of Compassion,
so I return to my one mind and rely upon it.

내 한마음 그대로 관세음이신 고로 내 한마음에 귀의하오니,

Believe and believe in this one mind,
give rise to firm intention,
and everything will be accomplished.

이 한마음 믿고 믿어 원을 세우오니
일체가 다 이루어지이다.

My one mind is the Bodhisattva of Compassion,
so I return to my one mind and rely upon it.

내 한마음 그대로 관세음이신 고로 내 한마음에 귀의하오니,