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Hui-neng on Realization

*     *     * “An ordinary person is a Buddha; illusion is salvation. A foolish thought, -and we are ordinary, vulgar, stupid. The next enlightened thought, -and we are the exalted, poetical and wise...

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Ummon: “I have not the slightest idea.”

*     *     * A monk asked Ummon, “What are the activities of an enlightened monk?” Ummon answered, “I have not the slightest idea.” The monk then said, “Why haven’t you any idea?” Ummon replied, “I...

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Hui-neng: Words and Letters

*     *     *  When asked how he could understand the Sutras even though he was illiterate, didn’t have a proper teacher and could not even know the meanings of the [Mahayana Sanskrit] words, young...

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Obaku: The Only Difference is…

*     *     *     *     * It is a fact that there is nothing to be attained. If you become enlightened in an instant,or as a result of long practicing the Ten Stages,the … Continue reading →The post...

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RH Blyth: Without Being for It or Against It…

*     *     * What is most difficult of all is just to see what you see; without being for it or against it, without being indifferent to it, or believing in it. -RH Blyth *   … Continue reading →The...

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