Let's talk of the gradual progress

Of illumination and making terms

For a sudden realization: tell me

Which one is truly reliable after?

Since there is no fixed self of ours,

We try to polish our good selves

In the session of sitting meditation

This is a truly helpful therapy indeed.

The stick itself is pretty thin and flexible,

A strike with it (though it may cause

And that's it) is not slightly injurious.

The strike is always administered

At a request of the practitioner

And putting the palms together

In a gesture used for greeting

And then exposing each shoulder

To be struck one after another.

It may also be used at discretion

Who is your 'father-and-mother'

In the hall of  meditation and who

Takes care of your run.

But let's return to our subject

Ignoring all concern about husks, deals straight

With what is termed 'fruits' instead of 'flowers';