Ultimate Attainment

The past is already past,
Do not try to regain it.
The present does not stay,
Do not try to touch it.
Moment to moment.
The future has not come,
Do not think about it beforehand.
Whatever comes to the eye,
Leave it be.
There are no commandments
To be kept.
There is no filth to be cleansed.
With empty mind really
Penetrated, the dharmas
Have no life.
When you can be like this,
You have completed
The ultimate attainment.
-P'ang Yun