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    “Upon learning to see, a man becomes everything by becoming nothing. He, so to speak, vanishes and yet he’s there. I would say that this is the time when a man can be or can get anything he desires. But he desires nothing, and instead of playing with his fellow men like they were toys, he meets them in the midst of their folly. The only difference between them is that a man who sees controls his folly, while his fellow men can’t. A man who sees has no longer an active interest in his fellow men. Seeing has already detached him from absolutely everything he knew before.”

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    What is the truth? The truth is the reality of mind. The reality of mind is formless and pervades the ten directions. It is being used presently, right before your eyes, yet people do not trust it sufficiently, so they accept terms and expressions, seeking to assess Buddhism conceptually in the written word. They are as far away as the sky is from earth.

    ~ Lin Chi (d ~867)
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    @rookie54 said
    Do we not cherish the
    Infinite brightness
    Of the one bright pearl?
    Who can surpass
    The virtue of this
    Brilliant, radiant pearl
    That covers the universe?
    The essence of causality
    Never ceases and
    The pearl is always bright.
    It is our original face and enlightened eye.

    ~ Dogen (1200-1253)
    Sorry, but I don't quite agree with Dogen on this, as he seems to be expressing a preference for some kind of imaginary extreme.
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    @rookie54 said
    Sitting on top of a boulder
    The gorge stream icy cold
    Quiet fun holds a special charm
    Fogged-in on deserted cliffs
    A fine place to rest
    The sun leans and tree shadows sprawl
    While I view the ground of my mind
    A lotus comes out of the mud.

    ~ Cold Mountain
    This might have been better if he had left off the last line, from my POV.
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    @rookie54 said
    Each night I gaze upon a pond,
    A Zen body sitting beside a moon.
    Nothing is really there, and yet
    It is all so clear and bright,
    I cannot describe it.
    If you would know the empty mind,
    Your own mind must be as clear and bright
    As this full moon upon the water.

    ~ Chiao Jan (785–895)
    I think the last two lines of this probably completely get in the way of whatever might have been intended.
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    @kevin-eleven said
    This might have been better if he had left off the last line, from my POV.
    Beauty springs from ugliness. This is a very Buddhist attitude. In itself, nothing is beautiful or ugly, neither a flower nor mud; it is only human prejudice which calls one beautiful and the other ugly.

    “Participate joyfully in the sorrows of the world.” — Buddha
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    @moonbus said
    Beauty springs from ugliness. This is a very Buddhist attitude. In itself, nothing is beautiful or ugly, neither a flower nor mud; it is only human prejudice which calls one beautiful and the other ugly.

    “Participate joyfully in the sorrows of the world.” — Buddha
    All plants and flowers come out of the mud, even Venus flytraps, cabbages and stinging nettles. And seeking beauty from ugliness is already and indication that one has missed the point. If there is a point, which there probably isn’t, and it’s better that way as it keeps them desperately grasping at the rarity of it. And therein lay the energy and secret of the legacy of this wisdom.

    Just make sure that when they quote you, they use your full name. Unless it’s already an emerging brand, in which case drop the prefix.

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    When water is pure and sparkling clear
    You see straight to the bottom
    When your mind holds no concern
    No circumstance can turn you
    And once your mind doesn’t stray
    A kalpa has no changes
    From such awareness nothing hides.

    Cold Mountain
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    What truth am I talking about? I am talking about truth of the ground of mind, which can enter into the ordinary and the sacred, into the pure and the polluted, into the absolute and the conventional, and yet is not the absolute, conventional, ordinary, and sacred, but is able to give names to all the absolute, conventional, ordinary, and sacred. Someone who has realized this cannot be labeled by the absolute or the conventional, by the ordinary or sacred. If you can grasp it, then use it, without labeling it any more. This is called the mystic teaching.

    ~ Lin Chi (d 867)
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    @moonbus said
    Beauty springs from ugliness. This is a very Buddhist attitude. In itself, nothing is beautiful or ugly, neither a flower nor mud; it is only human prejudice which calls one beautiful and the other ugly.

    “Participate joyfully in the sorrows of the world.” — Buddha
    Dear @moonbus, your words are more bug-specks on my shades, and now I must clean them again. ๐Ÿ˜‰
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    Just don’t seek from others,
    Or you’ll be far estranged from Self.
    I now go on alone;
    Everywhere I meet It:
    It now is me; I now am It.
    One must understand in this way
    To merge with thusness.

    ~ Dongshan Liangjie (807–869)
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    “People often ask me
    what is the most effective technique
    for transforming their life.
    It is a little embarrassing
    that after years and years of research
    and experimentation,
    I have to say that the best answer is—
    just be a little kinder.”

    Aldous Huxley
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    If you think that you have
    Cut off illusory mind,
    Instead of simply clarifying
    How illusory mind melts,
    Illusory mind will come up again,
    As though you had cut
    The stem of a blade of grass
    And left the root alive.

    ~ Menzan Zuiho (1682 –1769)
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    Whenever a thought occurs,
    Be aware of it,
    As soon as you are aware of it,
    It will vanish.
    If you remain for a long period
    Forgetful of objects,
    You will naturally become unified.
    This is the essential art of zazen.

    Dogen (1200-1253)
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    Withdraw now from
    the invisible pounding and weaving
    of your ingrained ideas.
    If you want to be rid of this
    invisible turmoil, you must just sit
    through it and let go of everything.
    Attain fulfillment and illuminate thoroughly.
    Light and shadow altogether forgotten.
    Drop off your own skin,
    and the sense-dusts will be fully purified.
    The eye then readily discerns the brightness.

    ~ Hongzhi Zhengjue (1091–1157)
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