來時無跡去無蹤，去與來時事一同；

何須更問浮生事，只此浮生是夢中。

──選自《佛祖綱目》

Transient Life is but a Dream

Niaoke Daolin (741 - 824, Tang Dynasty)

English translation: Venerable You Zai

No traces upon coming, no traces upon going,

Both coming and going are of the same;

What is the need to inquire further of this transient life?

After all, this transient life is but just a dream.

── from Fozu Gangmu

(Outline of the Buddhas and Patriarchs)