"Do not search for the truth; Only cease to cherish opinions." (Jianzhi Sengcan)
"Do not try to drive pain away by pretending it is not real. If you seek serenity in oneness, pain will vanish of its own accord." (Jianzhi Sengcan)
"For the unified mind in accord with the Way all self-centered striving ceases. Doubts and irresolutions vanish and life in true faith is possible. With a single stroke we are freed from bondage; nothing clings to us and we hold nothing. All is empty, clear, self-illuminating, with no exertion of the mind's power." (Jianzhi Sengcan)
"If you want the truth to stand clear before you, never be for or against." (Jianzhi Sengcan)
"If you want to realize the truth, don't be for or against. The struggle between good and evil is the primal disease of the mind." (Jianzhi Sengcan)
"In the 'Not Two' are no separate things, yet all things are included." (Jianzhi Sengcan)
"In the World of Reality there is no self, There is no other-than-self." (Jianzhi Sengcan)
"One thing, all things: move among and intermingle, without distinction. To live in this realization is to be without anxiety about non-perfection. To live in this faith is the road to non-duality, because the non-dual is one with the trusting mind." (Jianzhi Sengcan)
"Pursue not the outer entanglements;
Dwell not in the inner void;
Be serene in the oneness of things;
And dualism vanishes by itself." (Jianzhi Sengcan)
"Return to the root and you will find the meaning." (Jianzhi Sengcan)
"Step aside from all thinking, and there is nowhere you can't go." (Jianzhi Sengcan)
"Stop talking, stop thinking, and there is nothing you will not understand. Return to the root and you will find Meaning." (Jianzhi Sengcan)
"The mind, the Buddha, living creatures - these are not three different things." (Jianzhi Sengcan)
"The more you think and talk, the more you lose the Way." (Jianzhi Sengcan)
"The perfect way is without difficulty, for it avoids picking and choosing. Only when you stop liking and disliking will all be clearly understood. Be not concerned with right or wrong, for the conflict between right and wrong is the sickness of the mind." (Jianzhi Sengcan)
"The struggle between 'for' and 'against' is the mind's worst disease." (Jianzhi Sengcan)
"The two exist because of the One,
But hold not even to this One;
When the one Consciousness -is not disturbed,
The ten thousand things offer no offence." (Jianzhi Sengcan)
"To live in the Great Way is neither easy nor difficult, but those with limited views are fearful and irresolute: the faster they hurry, the slower they go, and clinging cannot be limited: even to be attached to the idea of enlightenment is to go astray. Just let things be in their own way and there will be neither coming nor going. Obey the nature of things (your own nature), and you will walk freely and undisturbed." (Jianzhi Sengcan)
"The Great Way is not difficult for those who have no preferences... If you wish to see the truth then hold no opinion for or against. " (Jianzhi Sengcan)
"The struggle of what one likes and what one dislikes is the disease of the mind. The struggle of what one likes and what one dislikes is the disease of the mind." (Jianzhi Sengcan)
"The great way is not difficult if you don't cling to good or bad. Just let go of your preferences; and everything will become perfectly clear." (Jianzhi Sengcan)
"The one is none other than the All, the All none other than the One." (Jianzhi Sengcan)
"There is no need to seek truth, only stop having views." (Jianzhi Sengcan)
"To follow the path look to the master follow the master walk with the master see through the master become the master." (Jianzhi Sengcan)
"When mind exists undisturbed in the Way, nothing in the world can offend, and when a thing can no longer offend it ceases to exist in the old way. When no discriminating thoughts arise, the old mind ceases to exist." (Jianzhi Sengcan)
"When no discriminating thoughts arise, the old mind ceases to exist." (Jianzhi Sengcan)
"When thought is in bondage the truth is hidden, for everything is murky and unclear, and the burdensome practice of judging brings annoyance and weariness. What benefit can be derived from distinctions and separations?" (Jianzhi Sengcan)
"When you try to stop activity to achieve passivity your very effort fills you with activity." (Jianzhi Sengcan)
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