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A perception, sudden as blinking, that subject and object are one, will lead to a deeply mysterious understanding; and by this understanding you will awaken to the truth.
Consider the sunlight. You may say that it is near, yet if you pursue it from world to world you will never catch it. You may say it is far, yet it is right before your eyes. Chase it and it always eludes you; run from it and it is always there. From this example you can understand how it is with the true nature of things.
To make use of your mind to think conceptually is to leave substance and attach yourself to form
The nature of the Absolute is neither perceptible nor imperceptible; and with phenomena it is just the same. But to one who has discovered his real nature, how can there be anywhere or anything separate from it? ... Therefore it is said: 'The perception of a phenomenon IS the perception of the Universal Nature, since phenomena and Mind are one and the same.'
By the dharma is meant the heart, for there is no dharma apart from the heart.
'Studying the Way' is just a figure of speech, a method of arousing people's interest in the early stages of their development. In fact, the Way is not something which can be studied. Study leads to the retention of concepts, and so the Way is entirely misunderstood
Nothing is born, nothing is destroyed. Away with you dualism, your likes and dislikes. Every single thing is just One Mind. When you have perceived this, you will have mounted the Chariot of the Buddhas.
There exists just the One mind.
People are scared to empty their minds
fearing that they will be engulfed by the void.
What they don't realize is that
their own mind is the void.
Concepts are related to the senses; and, when feeling takes place, wisdom is shut out.
As soon as the mouth is opened, evils spring forth. People either neglect the root and speak of the branches, or neglect the reality of the 'illusory' world and speak only of Enlightenment. Or else they chatter of cosmic activities leading to transformations, while neglecting the Substance from which they spring
indeed, there is NEVER any profit in discussion.
Observe things as they are and don't pay attention to other people.
The foolish reject what they see, not what they think; the wise reject what they think, not what they see.
Throughout this life, you can never be certain of living long enough to take another breath.
When thoughts arise, then do all things arise. When thoughts vanish, then do all things vanish.
