The Song of Awakening | Shōdōka (Zen Buddhism)

The Song of Awakening also translated as Song of Enlightenment and Song of Freedom, is a Zen discourse written sometime in the first half of the 8th century C.E. usually attributed to Yongjia Xuanjue.
The real authorship of the work is debated, with a number of elements in writing suggesting either the text has been substantially changed over time or Yongjia was an unlikely author.
The Song deals with the methods of and attitudes towards daily Zen practice. A central theme is a contrast between dharma-nature, reality as it is, versus buddha-nature, or self-nature. It also emphasizes practice over sutra-study. It has been considered a main Zen text from the Song Dynasty to the present day.
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