Wing Chun - Poetry In Motion

[LFJ]

手脚发力　与身无关
Power is generated from arms and legs. It has nothing to do with body.

The meaning in such short phrases is not always clear. That's the problem with Chinese grammar. Could the intended meaning not be to say 'power generated from arms and legs has nothing to do with body' in a negative statement? It doesn't make sense that someone who knows about the 6 harmonies would then contradict themselves completely like this. Your addition of 'is' and 'it' have no representation in Chinese. So it makes it difficult to know the intended meaning, as it could be either.

不行心意　只用精神　
Not using mind and intention, using only essence and spirit .


Sorry there is no such type of human in this world, even the Buddha has to use intention if he is going to press a door bell to visit me.

Xin and Yi refer the 8th and 7th consciousnesses in Buddhism. Intent is the 'thinking' consciousness, responsible for the creation of karma. The Buddha does not use intention. Buddhas are incapable of volitional action (karma) because they have completely transformed all consciousness into pure wisdom. Their actions are called kriya and leave no karmic trace. Their actions are driven by pure wisdom. So in a Buddhist sense, this could be referring to 'enlightened' action; i.e. not using thoughts and emotions to drive your actions.