‘Emptiness is without characteristics. Illumination has no emotional afflictions.’
Hongzhi Zhengjue
‘Emptiness is without characteristics. Illumination has no emotional afflictions.’
Hongzhi Zhengjue
‘Don’t labour with complexities, nor dwell in inner silence; let pure awareness occupy the mind and thoughts will vanish by themselves.’
Seng-ts’an
‘Straightforwardly abandon stratagems and take on responsibility. Having turned yourself around, accept your situation.’
Hongzhi Zhengjue
‘Enlightenment and delusion never existed at the start. They’re ideas that you picked up, things your parents never taught.’
Bankei
‘This is the self before something runs through our consciousness.’
Katagiri Roshi
‘The way is a fundamental part of everybody. Its essence is to penetrate Enlightenment and to leave no trace of this attainment.’
Bassui Tokushō
‘Don’t hate the arising of thoughts or stop the thoughts that arise. Just realise that our original mind is beyond thought.’
Bankei
‘When you see the moon yourself, you realise there is no moon to point to after all.’
Bassui Tokushō