Sublime

HUANG YUAN-CHI says, “A person who can adjust their light to that of the crowd and merge with the dust of the world is like a magic mushroom among ordinary plants. You can’t see it, but it makes everything smell better.

You must vow to free all beings without becoming attached to the perception of a being. This is how you should vow to free all beings.’ To do this, you need to make use of wisdom, not intelligence. Intelligence differentiates, wisdom does not.”

practitioners should draw near to buddhas and spiritual friends.”

He wondered what really happened / who spoke just now and who listened / who saw and what was seen / and where did those cities and buddhas go:

TE-CH’ING says, “To know what truly endures is to know that Heaven and Earth share the same root, that the ten thousand things share one body, and that there is no difference between self and others. Those who cultivate this within themselves become sages, while those who practice this in the world become rulers. Rulers become rulers by following t

Hui-neng’s teaching is that instead of trying to purify or empty the mind, one must simply let go of the mind–because the mind is nothing to be grasped.

YEN TSUN says, “They empty their mind and calm their breath. They concentrate their essence and strengthen their spirit.”