本来无一物 meaning in English
originally not a thing existing or before anything existed― a subject of meditation
Examples
- Karma and its relations to vows
本来无一物因果与戒律 - From what point of view you deny causation ? from the relative ? the universe is the cause of everything . from the absolute ? there is no thing at all
你凭何观点否定因果？相对而言宇宙是万物的成因。绝对而言本来无一物、何处惹尘埃？ - I had used zhuan shu to write huineng s a zen master poem , the bodhi is not a tree , the mirror is not the stand , originally there was nothing , where can the dust settle , at least four times
我用籀篆写过六祖惠能的禅语：菩提本无树，明镜亦非台，本来无一物，何处惹尘埃？至少有四次。