Heaven does without doing through its purity, Earth does without doing through its calmness.

Great knowledge sees all in one. Small knowledge breaks down into the many.

Words exist because of meaning; once you’ve gotten the meaning, you can forget the words.

The sage has the sun and moon by his side and the universe under his arm. He blends everything into a harmonious whole. . . . He blends the disparities of ten thousand years into one complete purity. All things are blended like this and mutually involve each other.

Let your mind wander in the pure and simple. Be one with the infinite. Let all things take their course.

So if loss of what gives happiness causes you distress when it fades, you can now understand that such happiness is worthless. It is said, those who lose themselves in their desire for things also lose their innate nature by being vulgar.

Hence it demands the emptiness of all the faculties. And when the faculties are empty, then the whole being listens. There is then a direct grasp of what is right there before you that can never be heard with the ear or understood with the mind.