A finger points at the moon, but the moon is not at the tip of the finger. Words points at the truth, but the truth is not in words.
HuinengConfused by thoughts, we experience duality in life. Unencumbered by ideas, the enlightened see the one Reality.
HuinengThe complete teachings of all Buddhas - past, present, and future - are to be found within the essence of every human being.
HuinengThe capacity of the mind is broad and huge, like the vast sky. Do not sit with a mind fixed on emptiness. If you do, you will fall into a neutral kind of emptiness. Emptiness includes the sun, moon, stars, and planets, the great earth, mountains and rivers, all trees and grasses, bad people and good people, bad things and good things, heaven and hell; they are all in the midst of emptiness. The emptiness of human nature is also like this.
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