Dharmakāya and Prajñā

Verdant yellow flowers are none other than Prajna; lush green bamboo is all Dharma Body. Every day when one gazes upon verdant yellow flowers, the wondrous principle of Prajna manifests in the heart; when seeing lush green bamboo, the Dharma Body leaps forth vividly. All are the wondrous functioning of Prajna, the pervasive presence of Dharma Body. Sentient beings have never been separated from the Dharma Body for even an instant; every moment fully reveals Prajna. Only because ignorance obscures the mind's eye, one fails to perceive Prajna and remains unaware of the Dharma Body. Separated from the Dharma Body, there is no karmic obstacle body; separated from Prajna, one sees neither yellow flowers nor green bamboo.

A student asked Master Yunmen: "What is Buddha?" Yunmen directly pointed: "A dried dung stick."

Listen beyond sound; see beyond words. Dried—dung—stick, the Dharma Body mingles freely as it rolls in. The Dharma Body is not the dried dung stick, the dried dung stick is not Prajna, the dried dung stick is not the dried dung stick. A sage king mingles among the mundane dust; one must part the dark clouds to see the sun of wisdom. If one sees only the dried dung, not the Dharma Body; if one clings to the dried dung, one comprehends not Prajna.