--- title: "Meaning & Key Takeaway of: All Buddhas and ordinary people are just…" description: "\"All Buddhas and ordinary people are just one mind. This mind is beyond all measurements, names, oppositions: this very being is it; as soon as you stir..." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ba5/huangbo-xiyun-27442_enlightenment_all-buddhas-and-ordinary-people-are-just_967035.jpg" --- # All Buddhas and ordinary people are just one mind. This… ![“All Buddhas and ordinary people are just one mind. This mind is beyond all measurements, names, oppositions: this very being is it; as soon as you stir your mind you turn away from it.” quote by Huangbo Xiyun](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ba5/huangbo-xiyun-27442_enlightenment_all-buddhas-and-ordinary-people-are-just_967035.jpg) [Download](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ba5/huangbo-xiyun-27442_enlightenment_all-buddhas-and-ordinary-people-are-just_967035.jpg) [Open image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ba5/huangbo-xiyun-27442_enlightenment_all-buddhas-and-ordinary-people-are-just_967035.jpg) > “All Buddhas and ordinary people are just one mind. This mind is beyond all measurements, names, oppositions: this very being is it; as soon as you stir your mind you turn away from it.” [Huangbo Xiyun](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/huangbo-xiyun/) ## About This Quote This interpretation was drafted with AI assistance. It is one reading of the quote, not the author's own explanation. All beings share a single, unmeasurable mind; recognizing this dissolves dualities and ego. **In simple terms:** Everyone is one mind beyond labels. Key Takeaway See beyond distinctions. Themes unity mindfulness non-duality spirituality Mood contemplative serene Type spiritual philosophical When to use this quote - meditation practice - conflict resolution - creative collaboration Key Concepts emptiness interconnectedness Questions to Reflect On - How does this view change your relationships? - Can you experience it? A Different Perspective Hard to grasp without experiential insight. ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ No ratings yet [Buddhas Ordinary](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/buddhas-ordinary-1831565/) [Enlightenment](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/enlightenment/) [Just Mind](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/just-mind-915014/) [Just one](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/just-one/) [Measurement](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/measurement/) [Mind](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/mind/) [Mind Mind](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/mind-mind/) [Names](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/names/) [Opposition](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/opposition/) [Ordinary](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/ordinary/) [Ordinary people](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/ordinary-people/) [People](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/people/) [Psychology](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/psychology/) [Stir Mind](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/stir-mind-1831566/) [Turns](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/turns/) ## Related quotes > [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/) > [I just mind my own business and keep working.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nick-chubb/i-just-mind-my-own-business-and-keep-working/) [Nick Chubb](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nick-chubb/) > [Virtually nothing is impossible in this world if you just put your mind to it and maintain a positive attitude.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lou-holtz/virtually-nothing-is-impossible-in-this-world-if-you-just-put-your/) [Lou Holtz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lou-holtz/) > [You can be anything you want, if you just put your mind to it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/you-can-be-anything-you-want-if-you-just-put-your-mind-to-it/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) > [Majority TENSIONS happen because:- 'We JUST do not mind our OWN business' ! Simplify !](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/majority-tensions-happen-because-we-just-do-not-mind-our-own-business/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) > [Its crazy how your heart just has a mind of it own.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/its-crazy-how-your-heart-just-has-a-mind-of-it-own/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) > [Religion is just mind control.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-carlin/religion-is-just-mind-control/) [George Carlin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-carlin/) > [The World would be a better place if people will just mind their business & stop being judgemental](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/darius-raheem-williams/the-world-would-be-a-better-place-if-people-will-just-mind-their/) [Darius Raheem Williams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/darius-raheem-williams/) > [It's good to have someone who speaks your own language just to get your mind off of basketball.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ivica-zubac/it-s-good-to-have-someone-who-speaks-your-own-language-just-to-get/) [Ivica Zubac](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ivica-zubac/) > [Fear is often just our mind's way of distracting us from reality...](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-ancona/fear-is-often-just-our-mind-s-way-of-distracting-us-from-reality/) [John Ancona](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-ancona/) > [I just mind my business and do what I have to do to get ready for the baseball season.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ken-griffey-jr/i-just-mind-my-business-and-do-what-i-have-to-do-to-get-ready-for-the/) [Ken Griffey Jr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ken-griffey-jr/) > [Wish people just mind their own business?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/wish-people-just-mind-their-own-business/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) > [Be kind once a day - even if it's just in your mind.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/yoko-ono/be-kind-once-a-day-even-if-it-s-just-in-your-mind/) [Yoko Ono](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/yoko-ono/) > [Conversation in its happiest development is a link, equally exquisite and adequate, between mind and mind, a system by which men approach one another…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/agnes-repplier/conversation-in-its-happiest-development-is-a-link-equally-exquisite/) [Agnes Repplier](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/agnes-repplier/) > [The truly still mind, with which you were born, is the mind that moves freely. Without ignoring anything, it reacts wholeheartedly to everything it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/soko-morinaga/the-truly-still-mind-with-which-you-were-born-is-the-mind-that-moves/) [Soko Morinaga](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/soko-morinaga/) ## 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/) > [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/) > [To make use of your mind to think conceptually is to leave substance and attach yourself to form](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/huangbo-xiyun/to-make-use-of-your-mind-to-think-conceptually-is-to-leave-substance/) [Huangbo Xiyun](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/huangbo-xiyun/) [Explore all 20 Huangbo Xiyun quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/huangbo-xiyun/) ## More Enlightenment quotes > [“Intelligence says think. Understanding says ponder. Insight says perceive. Enlightenment says overcome.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/matshona-dhliwayo/intelligence-says-think-understanding-says-ponder-insight-says/) [Matshona Dhliwayo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/matshona-dhliwayo/) > [An enlightened awareness is within each one of us, right at this moment. This enlightened awareness is truly unborn and marvellously illuminating; and everything…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bankei-yotaku/an-enlightened-awareness-is-within-each-one-of-us-right-at-this/) [Bankei Yotaku](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bankei-yotaku/) > [How wonderful it would be, I thought, if only we could practice the teachings of the Buddha as he really taught them from his…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dzogchen-ponlop-rinpoche/how-wonderful-it-would-be-i-thought-if-only-we-could-practice-the/) [Dzogchen Ponlop Rinpoche](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dzogchen-ponlop-rinpoche/) > [Enlightenment is lightening up.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mike-myers/enlightenment-is-lightening-up/) [Mike Myers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mike-myers/) > [Nirvana is a word that means enlightenment, being beyond the illusion of birth and death, the illusion of pain, the illusion of love, the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frederick-lenz/nirvana-is-a-word-that-means-enlightenment-being-beyond-the-illusion/) [Frederick Lenz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frederick-lenz/) > [“The extraction of discrete parts of Chöd teachings from their broader philosophical contexts is symptomatic of how Chöd has been incorporated into and transmitted…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michelle-sorensen/the-extraction-of-discrete-parts-of-ch-d-teachings-from-their-broader/) [Michelle Sorensen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michelle-sorensen/) > [“It is not so much about fighting against the ego; it is more about harmonizing with it.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/grace-sara/it-is-not-so-much-about-fighting-against-the-ego-it-is-more-about/) [Grace Sara](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/grace-sara/) > [One of his students asked Buddha, "Are you the Messiah?" "No," answered Buddha. "Then are you a healer?" "No," Buddha replied. "Then are you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gautama-buddha/one-of-his-students-asked-buddha-are-you-the-messiah-no-answered/) [Gautama Buddha](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gautama-buddha/) > [“That's all there is, enlightenment on the end of a cock. It doesn't get any more Zen than that.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jaden-wilkes/that-s-all-there-is-enlightenment-on-the-end-of-a-cock-it-doesn-t-get/) [Jaden Wilkes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jaden-wilkes/) > [Aging is like enlightenment at gunpoint. Before I had cancer, I lived my life for my art. After I had cancer, I lived my…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anna-halprin/aging-is-like-enlightenment-at-gunpoint-before-i-had-cancer-i-lived/) [Anna Halprin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anna-halprin/) > [Democracy must be built through open societies that share information. When there is information, there is enlightenment. When there is debate, there are solutions.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/atifete-jahjaga/democracy-must-be-built-through-open-societies-that-share-information/) [Atifete Jahjaga](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/atifete-jahjaga/) > [We need enlightenment, not just individually but collectively, to save the planet.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nhat-hanh/we-need-enlightenment-not-just-individually-but-collectively-to-save/) [Nhat Hanh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nhat-hanh/) > [I think enlightenment is something that you decide to do after you have met someone who is enlightened. Something touches your heart, your being…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frederick-lenz/i-think-enlightenment-is-something-that-you-decide-to-do-after-you/) [Frederick Lenz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frederick-lenz/) > [For fear of causing terror to living beings, Mahamati, let the Bodhisattva who is disciplining himself to attain compassion, refrain from eating flesh.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gautama-buddha/for-fear-of-causing-terror-to-living-beings-mahamati-let-the/) [Gautama Buddha](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gautama-buddha/) > [Don't worry. These poses have nothing to do with meditation or enlightenment.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dharma-mittra/don-t-worry-these-poses-have-nothing-to-do-with-meditation-or/) [Dharma Mittra](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dharma-mittra/) [Browse all 3,404 Enlightenment quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/enlightenment/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "All Buddhas and ordinary people are just one mind. This mind is beyond all measurements, names, oppositions: this very being is it; as soon as you stir your mind you turn away from it.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Huangbo Xiyun" }, "isPartOf": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#website" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/huangbo-xiyun/all-buddhas-and-ordinary-people-are-just-one-mind-this-mind-is-beyond/", "about": { "@type": "Thing", "name": "Enlightenment" }, "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/huangbo-xiyun/all-buddhas-and-ordinary-people-are-just-one-mind-this-mind-is-beyond/#quotation", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ba5/huangbo-xiyun-27442_enlightenment_all-buddhas-and-ordinary-people-are-just_967035.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ba5/huangbo-xiyun-27442_enlightenment_all-buddhas-and-ordinary-people-are-just_967035.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ba5/huangbo-xiyun-27442_enlightenment_all-buddhas-and-ordinary-people-are-just_967035.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“All Buddhas and ordinary people are just one mind. This mind is beyond all measurements, names, oppositions…” — Huangbo Xiyun", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } }, { "@type": "BreadcrumbList", "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "name": "Home", "item": "https://sms4smile.com/" }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "name": "Quotes", "item": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/" }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "name": "Huangbo Xiyun", "item": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/huangbo-xiyun/" }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 4, "name": "All Buddhas and ordinary people are...", "item": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/huangbo-xiyun/all-buddhas-and-ordinary-people-are-just-one-mind-this-mind-is-beyond/" } ], "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/huangbo-xiyun/all-buddhas-and-ordinary-people-are-just-one-mind-this-mind-is-beyond/#breadcrumb" }, { "@type": "WebSite", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#website", "name": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/", "publisher": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } }, { "@type": "Organization", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization", "name": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/", "logo": { "@type": "ImageObject", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/themes/sq/assets/icons/icon-512.png", "width": 512, "height": 512 } } ] } ```