菩提本無樹，
明鏡亦非臺。
本來無一物，
何處惹塵埃。
六祖惠能
Bodhi originally has no tree,
The mirror also has no stand.
Buddha nature is always clean and pure;38
Where is there room for dust?
六祖壇經
Platform Sutra of the Sixth Patriarch
菩提本無樹，
明鏡亦非臺。
本來無一物，
何處惹塵埃。
六祖惠能
Bodhi originally has no tree,
The mirror also has no stand.
Buddha nature is always clean and pure;38
Where is there room for dust?
六祖壇經
Platform Sutra of the Sixth Patriarch