Good friends, how then are meditation and wisdom alike? They are like the lamp and the light it gives forth. If there is a lamp there is light; if there is no lamp there is no light. The lamp is… — Huineng Copy Share Image
To meditate means to realize inwardly the imperturbability of the Essence of Mind. The reason why we are perturbed is because we allow ourselves… — Huineng Copy Share
When our mind works freely without any hindrance, and is at liberty to 'come' or to 'go', we attain Samadhi of Prajna, or liberation.… — Huineng Copy Share
The capacity of the mind is broad and huge, like the vast sky. Do not sit with a mind fixed on emptiness. If you… — Huineng Copy Share
Confused by thoughts, we experience duality in life. Unencumbered by ideas, the enlightened see the one Reality. — Huineng Copy Share
Words are not truth. Truth is like the moon, and words are like my finger. I can point to the moon with my finger,… — Huineng Copy Share
As one lamp serves to dispel a thousand years of darkness, so one flash of wisdom destroys ten thousand years of ignorance. — Huineng Copy Share
A finger points at the moon, but the moon is not at the tip of the finger. Words points at the truth, but the… — Huineng Copy Share
Truth has nothing to do with words. Truth can be likened to the bright moon in the sky. Words, in this case, can be… — Huineng Copy Share
By amending our mistakes, we get wisdom. By defending our faults, we betray an unsound mind. — Huineng Copy Share
The complete teachings of all Buddhas - past, present, and future - are to be found within the essence of every human being. — Huineng Copy Share
Zazen is seated meditation-the opposite of contemplation-the emptying of the mind of all thoughts in order simply to be. In the midst of all… — Huineng Copy Share
