All craving or hatred
is forgetfulness of life. When accumulated
illusions are not cleared up, they interfere with perception
of the Way. This is why we need to give up cravings and abide in
nothingness, so that we have a basis for gradual clarification.
If we look back at our former cravings after that,
then we will naturally find them
unappealing…
If you still the body and quiet
the mind, myriad illnesses
will all vanish.
Treatise on Sitting Forgetting