8. BOTH BULL AND SELF TRANSCENDED

WHIP, ROPE, PERSON, AND BULL -- ALL MERGE IN NO-THING.
THIS HEAVEN IS SO VAST NO MESSAGE CAN STAIN IT.
HOW MAY A SNOWFLAKE EXIST IN A RAGING FIRE?
HERE ARE THE FOOTPRINTS OF THE PATRIARCHS.

COMMENT:
MEDIOCRITY IS GONE.
MIND IS CLEAR OF LIMITATION.
I SEEK NO STATE OF ENLIGHTENMENT.
NEITHER DO I REMAIN WHERE NO ENLIGHTENMENT EXISTS.
SINCE I LINGER IN NEITHER CONDITION, EYES CANNOT SEE ME.
IF HUNDREDS OF BIRDS STREW MY PATH WITH FLOWERS,
SUCH PRAISE WOULD BE MEANINGLESS.