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WU CH’ENG says, “The sage seeks without seeking and studies without studying. For the truth of all things lies not in acting but in doing what is natural. By not acting, the sage shares in the naturalness of all things.
Red Pine • Lao-tzu's Taoteching
Hung-jan was apparently the first of the Patriarchs to have any large following, for it is said that he presided over a group of some five hundred monks in a monastery on the Yellow Plum Mountain (Wang-mei Shan) at the eastern end of modern Hupeh, He is, however, much overshadowed by his immediate successor, Hui-neng (637–713), whose life and
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WANG PI says, “These five tell us to refrain from acting and to govern things by relying on their nature rather than on their form.
Red Pine • Lao-tzu's Taoteching
The heaven, earth, and human principle comes from the Chinese tradition,
Chogyam Trungpa • True Perception: The Path of Dharma Art
and finally Tung-shan, whose Dharma heir be became. His comments are quoted by Hung-lien. Ma-tsu(709-788), aka Tao-yi. Disciple of Huai-jang and proponent of the teachings that “the everyday mind is the Way” and “this mind is the Buddha.” Among his students were Nan-ch’uan, Pai-chang, and Ta-mei. His comments are quoted by Hung-lien. Madhyamaka.
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HO-SHANG KUNG says, “To know the unchanging course of the Way is to be free of passion and desire and to yield. To yield is to be free of self-interest. To be free of self-interest is to rule the world. To rule the world is to merge your virtue with that of Heaven. And to merge your virtue with that of Heaven is to be one with the Way. If you can
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Zhaozhou asked Nanquan, “What is the Way?” Nanquan said, “Ordinary mind is the Way.” “Should I turn toward it or not?” “If you turn toward it you turn away from it.”