The Song of the Appearance-Emptiness Boulder

Hey Rechungpa! Son, listen up!

This is the big boulder at the steep mountain pass
The ones going up bang it on the right
And the ones going down bang it on the left
If you hit it with a hundred hammers, it would not break
If you lit a hundred fires under it, it would not melt
But if you want to knead it like dough, you knead it like this
If you want to pour it like water, you pour it like this
If you want to squish in it like mud, you squish in it like this
And if you want to shoot it like an arrow, you shoot it like this!