If you forget
your feelings about things
of the world, they become enlightening
teachings. If you get emotional about
enlightening teaching, it becomes
a worldly thing.
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beyond the world of people
You ask why I stay in the mountains
I smile without speaking, my heart content
Peach blossoms in the stream float into the distance
There’s another realm beyond
the world of people.
the mind’s inherent nirvana
When body and mind
are properly attuned, when mind
and spirit are at peace, then in deep mystic
fusion, the breath is pure and cool. Slowly gather
in mind until the path of the spirit is pure and sharp
and the mind-ground is illumined and pure.
As you perceive clearly and distinctly,
inner and outer are empty and
pure — this is the mind’s
inherent nirvana.
With this nirvana,
the mind of the sages is manifest.
Though its real nature is formless, intent and
proportion always remain. Thus, the profound luminous
one never ends: it remains forever shining bright.
This is called the buddha-nature, the
enlightened real identity.
Records of the Teachers and Students of the Lanka
heaven’s secret is motherly love
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Everyone
under heaven says that
my Tao is great, but inconceivable.
It is its very greatness that makes it inconceivable!
If it could be conceived of, how small
it would be!
I have three
treasures to hold and protect:
The first is motherly love. The second
is economy. The third is daring
not to be first in the
world.
With motherly
love one can be courageous.
With economy one can be expansive.
With humility one
can lead.
To be
courageous without motherly love,
To be expansive without practicing economy,
To go to the front without humility —
this is courting death.
Venture with
love and you win the
battle. Defend with love and you are
invulnerable. Heaven’s secret is
motherly love.
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the water of the mind
The water of the mind,
How clear it is!
Gazing at it,
The boundaries are invisible.
But as soon as even
A slight thought arises,
Ten thousand images crowd it.
Attach to them,
And they become real.
Be carried by them,
And it will be difficult to return.
How painful to see a person
Trapped in the ten-fold
delusions.