To be bigoted & argue with others, is to subject one's essence of mind to the bitterness of mundane existence.
HuinengConfused by thoughts, we experience duality in life. Unencumbered by ideas, the enlightened see the one Reality.
HuinengTruth has nothing to do with words. Truth can be likened to the bright moon in the sky. Words, in this case, can be likened to a finger. The finger can point to the moon's location. However, the finger is not the moon. To look at the moon, it is necessary to gaze beyond the finger, right?
HuinengWhen our mind works freely without any hindrance, and is at liberty to 'come' or to 'go', we attain Samadhi of Prajna, or liberation. Such a state is called the function of 'thoughtlessness'. But to refrain from thinking of anything, so that all thoughts are suppressed, is to be Dharma-ridden, and this is an erroneous view.
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