--- title: "1 Wisdom Like Quotes By Huineng" description: "1 Wisdom Like quotes by Huineng. Plus more from Huineng and more Wisdom Like sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/208/huineng-23835_friendship_good-friends-how-then-are-meditation-and_2903098.jpg" --- > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/huineng/good-friends-how-then-are-meditation-and-wisdom-alike-they-are-like/) [Huineng](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/huineng/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/208/huineng-23835_friendship_good-friends-how-then-are-meditation-and_2903098.jpg) ## More by Huineng > [To meditate means to realize inwardly the imperturbability of the Essence of Mind. The reason why we are perturbed is because we allow ourselves…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/huineng/to-meditate-means-to-realize-inwardly-the-imperturbability-of-the/) [Huineng](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/huineng/) > [When our mind works freely without any hindrance, and is at liberty to 'come' or to 'go', we attain Samadhi of Prajna, or liberation.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/huineng/when-our-mind-works-freely-without-any-hindrance-and-is-at-liberty-to/) [Huineng](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/huineng/) > [The capacity of the mind is broad and huge, like the vast sky. Do not sit with a mind fixed on emptiness. If you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/huineng/the-capacity-of-the-mind-is-broad-and-huge-like-the-vast-sky-do-not/) [Huineng](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/huineng/) > [Confused by thoughts, we experience duality in life. Unencumbered by ideas, the enlightened see the one Reality.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/huineng/confused-by-thoughts-we-experience-duality-in-life-unencumbered-by/) [Huineng](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/huineng/) > [Words are not truth. Truth is like the moon, and words are like my finger. I can point to the moon with my finger,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/huineng/words-are-not-truth-truth-is-like-the-moon-and-words-are-like-my/) [Huineng](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/huineng/) > [As one lamp serves to dispel a thousand years of darkness, so one flash of wisdom destroys ten thousand years of ignorance.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/huineng/as-one-lamp-serves-to-dispel-a-thousand-years-of-darkness-so-one/) [Huineng](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/huineng/) > [A finger points at the moon, but the moon is not at the tip of the finger. Words points at the truth, but the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/huineng/a-finger-points-at-the-moon-but-the-moon-is-not-at-the-tip-of-the/) [Huineng](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/huineng/) > [Truth has nothing to do with words. Truth can be likened to the bright moon in the sky. Words, in this case, can be…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/huineng/truth-has-nothing-to-do-with-words-truth-can-be-likened-to-the-bright/) [Huineng](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/huineng/) > [It is your minds that are moving.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/huineng/it-is-your-minds-that-are-moving/) [Huineng](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/huineng/) > [By amending our mistakes, we get wisdom. By defending our faults, we betray an unsound mind.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/huineng/by-amending-our-mistakes-we-get-wisdom-by-defending-our-faults-we/) [Huineng](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/huineng/) > [Before you think good or evil, who are you?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/huineng/before-you-think-good-or-evil-who-are-you/) [Huineng](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/huineng/) > [The truth is to be lived, not just mouthed.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/huineng/the-truth-is-to-be-lived-not-just-mouthed/) [Huineng](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/huineng/) > [The secret is within your self.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/huineng/the-secret-is-within-your-self/) [Huineng](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/huineng/) > [The complete teachings of all Buddhas - past, present, and future - are to be found within the essence of every human being.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/huineng/the-complete-teachings-of-all-buddhas-past-present-and-future-are-to/) [Huineng](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/huineng/) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/huineng/zazen-is-seated-meditation-the-opposite-of-contemplation-the-emptying/) [Huineng](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/huineng/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/wisdom-like/huineng/#itemlist", "name": "1 Wisdom Like Quotes By Huineng", "numberOfItems": 1, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "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 the substance of light; the light is the function of the lamp. Thus, although they have two names, in substance they are not two. 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