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> [Throughout this life, you can never be certain of living long enough to take another breath.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/huangbo-xiyun/throughout-this-life-you-can-never-be-certain-of-living-long-enough/)

[Huangbo Xiyun](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/huangbo-xiyun/)

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## More by Huangbo Xiyun

> [The nature of the Absolute is neither perceptible nor imperceptible; and with phenomena it is just the same. But to one who has discovered…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/huangbo-xiyun/the-nature-of-the-absolute-is-neither-perceptible-nor-imperceptible/)

[Huangbo Xiyun](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/huangbo-xiyun/)

> [Our original nature is...void, omnipresent, silent, pure; it is glorious and mysterious peaceful joy - and that is all. Enter deeply into it by…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/huangbo-xiyun/our-original-nature-is-void-omnipresent-silent-pure-it-is-glorious/)

[Huangbo Xiyun](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/huangbo-xiyun/)

> [...concepts are related to the senses; and, when feeling takes place, wisdom is shut out.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/huangbo-xiyun/concepts-are-related-to-the-senses-and-when-feeling-takes-place/)

[Huangbo Xiyun](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/huangbo-xiyun/)

> [All Buddhas and ordinary people are just one mind. This mind is beyond all measurements, names, oppositions: this very being is it; as soon…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/huangbo-xiyun/all-buddhas-and-ordinary-people-are-just-one-mind-this-mind-is-beyond/)

[Huangbo Xiyun](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/huangbo-xiyun/)

> [When thoughts arise, then do all things arise. When thoughts vanish, then do all things vanish.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/huangbo-xiyun/when-thoughts-arise-then-do-all-things-arise-when-thoughts-vanish/)

[Huangbo Xiyun](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/huangbo-xiyun/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/huangbo-xiyun/people-are-scared-to-empty-their-minds-fearing-that-they-will-be/)

[Huangbo Xiyun](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/huangbo-xiyun/)

> [...Therefore it is said: 'The perception of a phenomenon IS the perception of the Universal Nature, since phenomena and Mind are one and the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/huangbo-xiyun/therefore-it-is-said-the-perception-of-a-phenomenon-is-the-perception/)

[Huangbo Xiyun](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/huangbo-xiyun/)

> [Throughout this life, you can never be certain of living long enough to take another breath.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/huangbo-xiyun/throughout-this-life-you-can-never-be-certain-of-living-long-enough/)

[Huangbo Xiyun](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/huangbo-xiyun/)

> [The foolish reject what they see, not what they think; the wise reject what they think, not what they see.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/huangbo-xiyun/the-foolish-reject-what-they-see-not-what-they-think-the-wise-reject/)

[Huangbo Xiyun](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/huangbo-xiyun/)

> [On seeing one thing, you see all things. On perceiving an individual's mind, you perceive all mind. Glimpse one truth, and all truth is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/huangbo-xiyun/on-seeing-one-thing-you-see-all-things-on-perceiving-an-individual-s/)

[Huangbo Xiyun](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/huangbo-xiyun/)

> [Observe things as they are and don't pay attention to other people.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/huangbo-xiyun/observe-things-as-they-are-and-don-t-pay-attention-to-other-people/)

[Huangbo Xiyun](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/huangbo-xiyun/)

> [Nothing is born, nothing is destroyed. Away with you dualism, your likes and dislikes. Every single thing is just One Mind. When you have…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/huangbo-xiyun/nothing-is-born-nothing-is-destroyed-away-with-you-dualism-your-likes/)

[Huangbo Xiyun](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/huangbo-xiyun/)

> [There exists just the One mind.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/huangbo-xiyun/there-exists-just-the-one-mind/)

[Huangbo Xiyun](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/huangbo-xiyun/)

> [By the dharma is meant the heart, for there is no dharma apart from the heart.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/huangbo-xiyun/by-the-dharma-is-meant-the-heart-for-there-is-no-dharma-apart-from/)

[Huangbo Xiyun](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/huangbo-xiyun/)

> [A perception, sudden as blinking, that subject and object are one, will lead to a deeply mysterious understanding; and by this understanding you will…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/huangbo-xiyun/a-perception-sudden-as-blinking-that-subject-and-object-are-one-will/)

[Huangbo Xiyun](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/huangbo-xiyun/)

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