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“A roshi is a person who has actualized that perfect freedom which is the potentiality for all human beings. He exists freely in the fullness of his whole being. The flow of his consciousness is not the fixed repetitive patterns of our usual self-centered consciousness, but rather arises spontaneously and naturally from the actual circumstances of
... See moreShunryu Suzuki • Zen Mind, Beginner's Mind: 50th Anniversary Edition
Hui-neng says, “If people can hear this sutra and realize its truth, both self and other suddenly vanish, and they at once become buddhas. Renouncing the body has limited merit and cannot compare with the unlimited wisdom of upholding this sutra.”
Red Pine • The Diamond Sutra: The Perfection of Wisdom
The Buddha is not an object of sensation / to see no names is to see the Buddha
Red Pine • The Lankavatara Sutra: Translation and Commentary (NONE)
suddenly gained an understanding of all teachings, the ability to see things as they really are and not how others see them, how to examine things with his own wisdom while remaining free from discursive views, and all the abilities of a great yogin38 no longer dependent on others: