To enter by reason means to realize the essence through instruction and to believe that all living things share the same true nature, which isn't app….

The mind's capacity is limitless, and its manifestations are inexhaustible. Seeing forms with your eyes, hearing sounds with your ears, smelling odor….

Delusion means mortality. And awareness means Buddhahood..

The Buddha is your real body, your original mind. This mind has no form or characteristics, no cause or effect, no tendons or bones. It's like space….

If you see your nature, you don't need to read sutras or invoke buddhas. Erudition and knowledge are not only useless but also cloud your awareness. ….

The Way is basically perfect. It doesn't require perfecting. The Way has no form or sound. It's subtle and hard to perceive. It's like when you drink….

To go from mortal to Buddha, you have to put an end to karma, nurture your awareness, and accept what life brings..

And as long as you're subject to birth and death, you'll never attain enlightenment..

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….

Trying to find a buddha or enlightenment is like trying to grab space..

Reality has no inside, outside, or middle part..

As long as you look for a Buddha somewhere else, you'll never see that your own mind is the Buddha.

People who don't see their own nature and imagine they can practice thoughtlessness all the time are liars and fools..

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….

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..

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 ….