Bodhidharma [480–520]: When you don't understand, you're wrong. When you understand, you're not wrong. This is because the nature of wrong is empty.

When you don't understand, you're wrong. When you understand, you're not wrong. This is because the nature of wrong is empty. When you don't understand right seems wrong. When you understand, wrong isn't wrong, because wrong doesn't exist. The sutras say, "Nothing has a nature of its own." Act. Don't question. When you question, you're wrong. Wrong is the result of questioning.

When you reach such an understanding, the wrong deeds of your past lives are wiped away. When you're deluded, the six senses and five shades are constructs of suffering and mortality When you wake up, the six senses and five shades are constructs of nirvana and immortality.

Bodhidharma [480–520]: excerpt from The Wake-up Sermon, translated by Red Pine

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