Hong Zicheng Quote

If you think of how you looked when you
were born, or what you will be like after
you die, your myriad thoughts will turn
into cold ashes. With quiet recollection,
you can transcend the myriad things and
roam the world prior to their creation.

Vegetable Roots Discourse: Wisdom from Ming China on Life and Living - Caicentan by Hong Zicheng (Shoemaker & Hoard, 2006), Translated by Robert Aitken with Daniel W. Y. Kwok, p. 144

If you think of how you looked when you were born, or what you will be like after you die, your myriad thoughts will turn into cold ashes. With quiet ...

If you think of how you looked when you were born, or what you will be like after you die, your myriad thoughts will turn into cold ashes. With quiet ...

If you think of how you looked when you were born, or what you will be like after you die, your myriad thoughts will turn into cold ashes. With quiet ...

If you think of how you looked when you were born, or what you will be like after you die, your myriad thoughts will turn into cold ashes. With quiet ...