Repeatedly
undergoing birth and death
is just due to grasping at objects.
When we reflect back on the mind that
grasps at objects, we see that the real identity
of mind is originally pure. Within this purity, grasping
mind does not exist. Within nirvana, fundamentally
there are no thoughts moving; the movement
is ever still. Being still, there is
no seeking.
Records of the Teachers and Students of the Lanka
You still imagine that truth
needs pointing at and telling you: ‘Look, here is truth’.
It is not so. Truth is not the result of an effort, the end of a road.
It is here and now, in the very longing and the search for it. It is nearer than
the mind and the body, nearer than the sense ‘I am’. You do not see it
because you look too far away from yourself, outside your
innermost being. You have objectified truth and
insist on your standard proofs and tests,
which apply only to things
and thoughts…
Truth is not a reward for good behaviour,
nor a prize for passing some tests. It cannot be brought about.
It is the primary, the unborn, the ancient source of all that is. You are
eligible because you are. You need not merit truth. It is your
own. Just stop running away by running after.
Stand still, be quiet.
Yongjia said,
“Without leaving where you are,
there is constant clarity.” No words come closer
to the truth than these. If you start seeking, then we
know that you are unable to see. Just cut off any duality
between “wherever you are” and “constant clarity”,
and make yourself peaceful and serene. Avoid
concocting intellectual understanding
and seeking. As soon as you seek,
it is like grasping at
shadows.
Just don’t seek
from another or you’ll be far
estranged from the Way.
I now go on alone
Meeting it everywhere
It now is just what I am
I now am one with it.
You must comprehend
in this way to merge
with thusness.
we are all wanderers in the unknown
Yongjia said,
“Without leaving wherever you are,
there is constant clarity.” No words come closer
to the truth than these. If you start seeking, then we know
that you are unable to see. Just cut off any duality between
“wherever you are” and “constant clarity,” and make
yourself peaceful and serene. Avoid concocting
intellectual understanding and seeking.
As soon as you seek, it is like
grasping at shadows.