Dharmakāya and Prajñā

The lush yellow flowers are nothing but prajñā; the verdant green bamboo is entirely the Dharmakāya. Every day, when one gazes upon the lush yellow flowers, the wondrous principle of prajñā manifests in the mind; when one sees the verdant green bamboo, the Dharmakāya leaps vividly into view. All of it is the wondrous function of prajñā; the Dharmakāya pervades everywhere. Sentient beings have never departed from the Dharmakāya for even a moment; in every instant prajñā is fully displayed. Only, ignorance obscures the mind's eye, so that prajñā is not seen and the Dharmakāya is not known. Apart from the Dharmakāya, there is no body of karmic obstructions; apart from prajñā, the yellow flowers and green bamboo are not seen.

A student asked Chan Master Yunmen: What is the Buddha? Yunmen pointed directly: A dried shit-wiping stick.

Listen apart from sounds, look apart from words. Dried—shit—wiping stick: the Dharmakāya mingles amid the onrolling flow. The Dharmakāya is not a dried shit-wiping stick; a dried shit-wiping stick is not prajñā; a dried shit-wiping stick is not a dried shit-wiping stick. The sage king mingles in the mundane dust; one must brush aside the dark clouds to see the sun of wisdom. If one sees only the dried shit, one does not see the Dharmakāya; if one clings to the dried shit, one does not understand prajñā.