The Diamond Sutra: The Perfection of Wisdom

The Vimalakirti Sutra says, ‘Those who truly teach a dharma teach nothing and explain nothing. And those who hear a dharma hear nothing and understand nothing.’ (3) They know that all dharmas are completely empty and that all names and words are provisional and based entirely on emptiness. All words, teachings, and dharmas are without form or condi

As for those who set forth on this path, the Maha Prajnaparamita Sutra says a bodhisattva is “anyone who ceaselessly seeks unexcelled, perfect enlightenment as well as the happiness and welfare of all beings.”

The Buddha said, “So it is, Subhuti. The body of merit of those bodhisattvas who give a gift without being attached is not easy to measure. Thus, Subhuti, those who set forth on the bodhisattva path should give a gift without being attached to the perception of an object.”

in the dharma realized, taught, and reflected on by the Tathagata, there is nothing true and nothing false.

Most people look for enlightenment in the future. Buddhas find it in the past. In this sutra, the Buddha says, “No beginning, this is the highest truth.” To believe such truth, you must be fearless.

And how so? Bhagavan, if a universe existed, attachment to an entity would exist. But whenever the Tathagata speaks of attachment to an entity, the Tathagata speaks of it as no attachment. Thus is it called ‘attachment to an entity.’”

Li Wen-hui says, “His mind is pure. Whether speaking or silent, he is always truthful. When conditions arise, he acts. When conditions end, he rests.”

Seng-chao says, “To teach a dharma means to transmit something. And yet we are told there is no dharma taught. It isn’t that the Buddha keeps silent and doesn’t speak, only that when he speaks nothing remains. Thus, what he teaches spreads throughout the world without transgressing the truth.” To this, Hsieh Ling-yun adds, “The fact that nothing re

Our buddha nature alone has no limits, thus is it called great. The sky has no quarters. If you see its quarters, you are focusing on a perception. By the same token, our buddha nature is free of the four perceptions of self, being, life, and soul.”