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Our life can be seen as a crossing of a river. The goal of our life’s effort is to reach the other shore, Nirvana. Prajna paramita, the true wisdom of life, is that in each step of the way, the other shore is actually reached.
Shunryu Suzuki • Zen Mind, Beginner's Mind
“I have no peace of mind [hsin],” said Hui-k’o. “Please pacify my mind.” “Bring out your mind here before me,” replied Bodhidharma, “and I will pacify it!” “But when I seek my own mind,” said Hui-k’o, “I cannot find it.” “There!” snapped Bodhidharma, “I have pacified your mind!”15 g At this moment Hui-k’o had his awakening, his tun-wu or satori, so
... See moreAlan W. Watts • The Way of Zen
Therefore, Subhuti, fearless bodhisattvas should thus give birth to a thought that is not attached and not give birth to a thought attached to anything. They should not give birth to a thought attached to a sight. Nor should they give birth to a thought attached to a sound, a smell, a taste, a touch, or a dharma.
Red Pine • The Diamond Sutra: The Perfection of Wisdom
“Thus do bodhisattvas attain the forbearance of non-arising and dwell at the eighth stage of the bodhisattva path, where they exchange the body characterized by the mind, will and consciousness, the five dharmas, the modes of reality, and the two kinds of no-self, for a projection body and become adept at delighting in the personal realization of b
... See moreRed Pine • The Lankavatara Sutra: Translation and Commentary (NONE)
—Alan Watts, The Way of Zen
Jack Kornfield • The Buddha Is Still Teaching: Contemporary Buddhist Wisdom
Essentially, all dharmas are non-dharmas. That is, they are nothing more than arbitrary designations behind which nothing is real. In the Diamond Sutra (Chapters 8 and 17), the Buddha says, “As for dharmas, Subhuti, only as non-dharmas can we speak of dharmas.”