The meaning of life is to see.

- Huineng

To meditate means to realize inwardly the imperturbability of the Essence of Mind. The reason why we are perturbed is because we allow ourselves to…

- Huineng

Since in reality all is void, Whereon can the dust fall?

- Huineng

Words are not truth. Truth is like the moon, and words are like my finger. I can point to the moon with my finger, but my finger is not the moon. Do …

- Huineng

It is your minds that are moving.

- Huineng

A finger points at the moon, but the moon is not at the tip of the finger. Words points at the truth, but the truth is not in words.

- Huineng

The secret is within your self.

- Huineng

Look within!... The secret is inside you.

- Huineng

By amending our mistakes, we get wisdom. By defending our faults, we betray an unsound mind.

- Huineng