"Since you are fundamentally complete in every respect, you should not try to supplement that perfection by such meaningless practices. When there is occasion for them, perform them, and when the occasion is passed, remain quiescent. If you are not absolutely convinced that the Mind is the Buddha, and you are attached to forms, practices and meritorious performances, your way of thinking is false and incompatible with the Way. The Mind is the Buddha, nor are there any other Buddhas or any other mind. It is bright and spotless as the void, having no form or appearance whatsoever. To make use of your minds to think conceptually is to leave the substance and attach yourselves to form. The Ever-Existent Buddha is not a Buddha of form or attachment. To practice the six paramitas and myriad similar practices with the intention of becoming a Buddha thereby is to advance by stages, but the Ever-Existent Buddha is not a Buddha of stages. Only awake to the One Min, and there is nothing whatsoever to be attained. That is the REAL Buddha."
The Zen Teaching of Huang Po
Submitted January 26, 2018 at 12:12AM by ephemeral_archetype http://ift.tt/2Ghmtmr
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