Sublime

He teaches that by practicing Zen and coming to the same experience as Shakyamuni Buddha — the realization of the empty-oneness of all beings — we can transcend the divisions that separate us and find true peace in our hearts and in this world.

Second, because the majority of those who cultivate in the dharma-ending age are attached to material appearances and given to such external practices as offering incense, flowers, and prostrations, they don’t realize their own true nature.

LIU SHIH-LI says, “Since fullness always leads to emptiness, avoid satisfaction. Since sharpness always leads to dullness, avoid zeal. Since gold and jade always lead to worry, avoid greed. Since wealth and honor encourage excess, avoid pride. Since success and fame bring danger, know when to stop and where lies the mean. You don’t have to live in

A true teacher values experience over concepts.

“May all beings close the door to the lower realms”;

the third turning of the wheel of dharma, expounding buddha-nature, has an especially close connection with the third yana, the Vajrayana.