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zhengdao-ge/verse23

When you truly awaken,
You have no formal merit.
In the multiplicity of the relative world,
You cannot find such freedom.
Self-centered merit brings the joy of heaven itself,
But it is like shooting an arrow at the sky;
When the force is exhausted, it falls to the earth,
And then everything goes wrong.

even Devas and Arhats transmigrate
find the one without merit
then stride through the dust
Self, centered everywhere