Wumen Huikai famous quotes
Last updated: Sep 5, 2024
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Spring comes with flowers, autumn with the moon, summer with the breeze, winter with snow. When idle concerns don't fill your thoughts, that's your best season.
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One instant is eternity; / eternity is the now. / When you see through this one instant, / you see through the one who sees.
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One instant is eternity; eternity is the now.
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Search back into your own vision- think back to the mind that thinks. Who is it?
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If you seek, how is that different from pursuing sound and form? If you don't seek, how are you different from earth, wood or stone? You must seek without seeking.
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The Great Way has no gate; / there are a thousand paths to it. / If you pass through the barrier, / you walk the universe alone.
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You cannot describe it or draw it. You cannot praise it enough or perceive it. No place can be found in which to put the Original Face; it will not disappear even when the universe is destroyed.
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The enlightened man is one with the law of causation.
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If your mind isn't clouded by unnecessary things, This is the best season of your life.
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There are a thousand flowers blossoming in spring, The magical light of the full moon in autumn; There is a breeze in summer, And snow in winter; And if vanities don't hang in my mind, I shall rejoice at any time and place.
-- Wumen Huikai
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