THE TENTH MAN : 6




Closing-in. I


For Professor Walter Liebenthal


PRAJNA

Prajna is Light, seeking out darkness and never finding it, for wherever Light is, darkness vanishes, since darkness is absence of the presence of Light.

Prajna is Knowing, seeking ignorance and never finding it, for wherever Knowing is, ignorance vanishes, since ignorance is absence of the presence of Knowing.

Prajna is Functioning, seeking repose and never finding it, for wherever Functioning is, repose vanishes, since repose is absence of the presence of Functioning.

Prajna is Subject, seeking object, all seeking for all that is sought, and never finding it, for wherever Seeking Subject is, the object sought vanishes, since the object sought is absence of the presence of Subject Seeking.


(© HKU Press, 1966)
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