Occupation: Biographer
This one life has no form and is empty by nature. If you become attached by any form, you should reject it. If you see an ego, a soul, a birth, or a ….
People of this world are deluded. They're always longing for something - always, in a word, seeking..
Not thinking about anything is zen. Once you know this, walking, standing, sitting, or lying down, everything you do is zen. To know that the mind is….
One clings to life although there is nothing to be called life; another clings to death although there is nothing to be called death. In reality, the….
If you know that everything comes from the mind, don't become attached. Once attached, you're unaware. But once you see your own nature, the entire C….
To have a body is to suffer. Does anyone with a body know peace? Those who understand this detach themselves from all that exists and stop imagining ….
Buddhas don't practice nonsense..
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….
Not engaging in ignorance is wisdom..
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. ….
Without the mind there is no Buddha. Without the Buddha there's no mind..
Still others commit all sorts of evil deeds, claiming karma doesn't exist. They erroneously maintain that since everything is empty, committing evil ….
Whoever realizes that the six senses aren't real, that the five aggregates are fictions, that no such things can be located anywhere in the body, und….
To give up yourself without regret is the greatest charity..
Neither gods nor men can foresee when an evil deed will bear its fruit..
And the Buddha is the person who's free: free of plans, free of cares..
Delusion means mortality. And awareness means Buddhahood..
Mortals liberate Buddhas and Buddhas liberate mortals..
Our nature is the mind. And the mind is our nature..
To go from mortal to Buddha, you have to put an end to karma, nurture your awareness, and accept what life brings..
If your mind is pure, all buddha-lands are pure..