The Sutra says, "To behold the Buddha nature you must wait for the right moment and the right conditions. When the time comes, you are awakened as if from a dream. You realize that what you have found is your own and doesn't come from anywhere outside." An ancient patriarch said, "After enlightenment you are still the same as you were before. There is no mind and there is no truth." You are simply free from unreality and delusion. The ordinary person's mind is the same as the sage's, because Original Mind is perfect and complete in itself. When you have arrived at this recognition, please hold on to it.
~ Pai-Chang [720-814]
Truth is perfect and complete in itself. It is not something newly discovered; it has always existed.
Truth is not far away. It is nearer than near. There is no need to attain it, since not one of your steps leads away from it.
Don't follow the advice of others; rather, learn to listen to the voice within yourself. Your body and mind will become one, and you will realize the unity of all things.
Even the slightest movement of your conceptual thought will prevent you from entering the palace of wisdom.
~ Dogen [1200-1253]
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