‘The pure land of a buddha has no image and no form.
What can adorn it?
Only the jewels of meditation and wisdom can serve as adornments.’
Hui Neng
Hui Neng
Morning meditation — I warn you not to use those exercises for meditation.
‘I warn you not to use those exercises for meditation on quietude or for keeping the mind a blank.’
Hui Neng
Morning meditation — Although their faults are theirs and are not ours.
‘Although their faults are theirs and are not ours, should we discriminate, we too are wrong.’
Hui Neng
Morning meditation — If you only believe that Buddha.
‘If you only believe that Buddha speaks no words. Then the Lotus will blossom in your mouth.’
Hui Neng
Morning meditation — It’s bad enough to blunder from not knowing.
‘It’s bad enough to blunder from not knowing the meaning of the Law, how much worse would it be to encourage others to follow suit?’
Hui Neng
Morning meditation — Be free from illusion and error.
‘Be free from illusion and error… It’s the mind of emptiness and tranquility.’
Hui Neng
Morning meditation — The ‘flower’ of dharma.
‘Having intuitively grasped the ‘flower’ of dharma we are bound to reap the fruit of awakening.’
Hui Neng
Morning meditation — Religious Belief.
‘Don’t ever dispute on religious belief.’
Hui Neng
Buddhism now 