Occupation: Biographer
I never lost or fail, not yet conquered. If I fall seven times, I get up eight.
Buddhas move freely through birth and death, appearing and disappearing at will..
The ultimate Truth is beyond words. Doctrines are words. They're not the Way..
. . . the fools of this world prefer to look for sages far away. They don't believe that the wisdom of their own mind is the sage . . . the sutras sa….
The essence of the Way is detachment. And the goal of those who practice is freedom from appearances..
Those who worship don't know, and those who know don't worship..
All Buddhas preach emptiness. Why? Because they wish to crush the concrete ideas of the students. If a student even clings to an idea of emptiness, h….
When your mind doesn't stir inside, the world doesn't arise outside. When the world and the mind are both transparent, this is true vision. And such ….
Not creating delusions is enlightenment..
The mind is the root from which all things grow. If you can understand the mind, everything else is included..
According to the Sutras, evil deeds result in hardships and good deeds result in blessings..
People who don't see their own nature and imagine they can practice thoughtlessness all the time are liars and fools..
But deluded people don't realize that their own mind is the Buddha. They keep searching outside..
But this mind isn't somewhere outside the material body of the four elements. Without this mind we can't move. The body has no awareness. Like a plan….
As long as you look for a Buddha somewhere else, you'll never see that your own mind is the Buddha.
All the suffering and joy we experience depend on conditions..
The awareness of mortals falls short. As long as they're attached to appearances, they're unaware that their minds are empty. And by mistakenly cling….
Trying to find a buddha or enlightenment is like trying to grab space..
And as long as you're subject to birth and death, you'll never attain enlightenment..
Reality has no inside, outside, or middle part..
When you don't understand, you depend on reality. When you do understand, reality depends on you..