087 Arhat Upāli (Expedient Dharma Treasure)
Cars drive on roads, boats sail in rivers, and people each have their own karmic conditions. Ice mountains melt easily, and rotten wood cannot be carved; both are unreliable. Only by relying on one's own hands can one acquire various abilities.
For those who receive this verse, one is dependent on others, leading to a lack of skills and specialties. One should know that everyone has their own karmic conditions. Only by walking one's own path, relying on one's own hands, and seizing one's own opportunities, can one both gain rewards and hone one's survival skills.