it cannot be attained by searching

This dharma

is such that it cannot be attained

by groping or searching about. In the realm

of seeing, knowledge perishes. At the

moment of attaining, mind

is surpassed.

Dogen

to attain buddhahood

To attain buddhahood we must

scatter this life’s aims and

objects to the wind.

Milarepa

Just let your

mind be free; don’t

do contemplative exercises,

and don’t think of sorrow or worry.

Clear and unobstructed, free as you will,

not contriving virtues, not perpetrating evils,

walking, standing still, sitting, lying down, whatever

meets the eye, in any circumstance, is all the subtle

function of Buddha. It is called Buddahood

because of happiness without

sorrow.

Dayi Daoxin