"A finger points at the moon, but the moon is not at the tip of the finger. Words points at the truth, but the truth is not in words." (Dajian Huineng, cca 7th century)
"As one lamp serves to dispel a thousand years of darkness, so one flash of wisdom destroys ten thousand years of ignorance." (Dajian Huineng, cca 7th century)
"Because wisdom is innate, we can all enlighten ourselves." (Dajian Huineng, cca 7th century)
"Confused by thoughts, we experience duality in life. Unencumbered by ideas, the enlightened see the one Reality."
"Before you think good or evil, who are you?" (Dajian Huineng, cca 7th century)
"By amending our mistakes, we get wisdom. By defending our faults, we betray an unsound mind." (Dajian Huineng, cca 7th century)
"Good friends, how then are meditation and wisdom alike? They are like the lamp and the light it gives forth. If there is a lamp there is light; if there is no lamp there is no light. The lamp is the substance of light; the light is the function of the lamp. Thus, although they have two names, in substance they are not two. Meditation and wisdom are also like this." (Dajian Huineng, cca 7th century)
"It is only by entering into samadhi that I can discuss seeing one’s true self-nature (kensho) without also talking about self-liberation." (Dajian Huineng, cca 7th century)
"It is your minds that are moving." (Dajian Huineng, cca 7th century)
"Look within!... The secret is inside you." (Dajian Huineng, cca 7th century)
"Our Essence of Mind is intrinsically pure, and if we knew our mind and realized what our nature is, all of us would attain Buddhahood." (Dajian Huineng, cca 7th century)
"Seeing one’s true self-nature yet not being disturbed is called Zen." (Dajian Huineng, cca 7th century)
"Since in reality all is void, Whereon can the dust fall?" (Dajian Huineng, cca 7th century)
"Sit all together in meditation. Become peacefully calm and quiet, without motion, without stillness, without birth, without destruction, without coming or going, with no judgments of right or wrong, neither staying nor going. This, then, is the Great Way." (Dajian Huineng, cca 7th century)
"The capacity of the mind is broad and huge, like the vast sky. Do not sit with a mind fixed on emptiness. If you do, you will fall into a neutral kind of emptiness. Emptiness includes the sun, moon, stars, and planets, the great earth, mountains and rivers, all trees and grasses, bad people and good people, bad things and good things, heaven and hell; they are all in the midst of emptiness. The emptiness of human nature is also like this." (Dajian Huineng, cca 7th century)
"The complete teachings of all Buddhas - past, present, and future - are to be found within the essence of every human being." (Dajian Huineng, cca 7th century)
"The meaning of life is to see." (Dajian Huineng, cca 7th century)
"The truth is to be lived, not just mouthed." (Dajian Huineng, cca 7th century)
"There is no Bodhi tree,
Nor stand of a mirror bright.
Since all is void,
Where can the dust alight" (Dajian Huineng, cca 7th century)
"To be bigoted and argue with others, is to subject one's essence of mind to the bitterness of mundane existence." (Dajian Huineng, cca 7th century)
"To meditate means to realize inwardly the imperturbability of the Essence of Mind." (Dajian Huineng, cca 7th century)
The reason why we are perturbed is because we allow ourselves to be carried away by the circumstances we are in. Those who are able to keep their mind unperturbed, irrespective of circumstances, have attained Inner Peace." (Dajian Huineng, cca 7th century)
"Truth has nothing to do with words. Truth can be likened to the bright moon in the sky. Words, in this case, can be likened to a finger. The finger can point to the moon's location. However, the finger is not the moon. To look at the moon, it is necessary to gaze beyond the finger, right?" (Dajian Huineng, cca 7th century)
"When all things are illumined by wisdom and there is neither grasping nor throwing away, then you can see your own nature and gain the Buddha Way." (Dajian Huineng, cca 7th century)
"When our mind works freely without any hindrance, and is at liberty to 'come' or to 'go', we attain Samadhi of Prajna, or liberation. Such a state is called the function of 'thoughtlessness'. But to refrain from thinking of anything, so that all thoughts are suppressed, is to be Dharma-ridden, and this is an erroneous view." (Dajian Huineng, cca 7th century)
"Within our impure mind the pure one is to be found." (Dajian Huineng, cca 7th century)
"Words are not truth. Truth is like the moon, and words are like my finger. I can point to the moon with my finger, but my finger is not the moon. Do you need my finger to see the moon?" (Dajian Huineng, cca 7th century)
"Za (sitting) means to not give rise to thoughts (no dualism) under any circumstance. Zen (meditation) means to see your original nature and not become confused." (Dajian Huineng, cca 7th century)
"Zazen is seated meditation-the opposite of contemplation-the emptying of the mind of all thoughts in order simply to be. In the midst of all evil, not a thought is aroused in the mind-this is called za. Seeing into one's Self-nature, not being moved at all-this is called Zen." (Dajian Huineng, cca 7th century)
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