Pi Chien said, "The Ch'an worthies at the capital city all said that if we want to attain understanding of the Way, it is necessary to sit in meditation and cultivate concentration; no one has ever attained liberation but for meditation concentration. How about the doctrine you expound?"
The Master said, "The Way is realized by the mind--how could it be in sitting? A sutra says, 'If you say the Buddha is sitting or reclining, you are traveling a false path. Why? Because he neither comes from anywhere nor goes anywhere.' Freedom from birth and death is the pure meditation of the Buddha; the emptiness of all things is the pure seat of the Buddha. Ultimately there is no realization, much less sitting."
- Hui-neng (6p) Platform Sutra
Oops did I post about sitting again... Wanna buy some Salt?
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