Hui-neng Quotes

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There is no Bodhi-tree,
Nor stand of mirror bright.
Since all is void,
Where can the dust alight?

Hui-neng

Should we be so fortunate as to be followers of the Sudden School in this life,
In a sudden we shall see the Bhagavat of our Essence of Mind.
He who seeks the Buddha [from without] by practising certain doctrines
Knows not where the real Buddha is to be found.
He who is able to realize the Truth within his own mind
Has sown the seed of Buddhahood.

Hui-neng

When you are thinking of neither good nor evil, what is at that particular moment, Venerable Sir, your real nature [original face]?

Hui-neng

When a pennant was blown about by the wind, two Bhikkus [monks] entered into a dispute as to what it was that was in motion, the wind or the pennant. As they could not settle their difference I submitted to them that it was neither, and that what actually moved was their own mind.

Hui-neng

The capacity of the mind is broad and huge, like the vast sky. Do not sit with a mind fixed on emptiness. If you do, you will fall into a neutral kind of emptiness. Emptiness includes the sun, moon, stars, and planets, the great earth, mountains and rivers, all trees and grasses, bad people and good people, bad things and good things, heaven and hell; they are all in the midst of emptiness. The emptiness of human nature is also like this.

Hui-neng

Hui-neng

Hui-neng

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Born: 638

Died: 713 (aged 75)

Bio: Huineng was a Buddhist monk who is one of the most important figures in Chan Buddhism according to standard hagiographies. Huineng has been traditionally viewed as the Sixth and Last Patriarch of Chan Buddhism.

Known for:

Platform Sutra
The Sutra of Hui-Neng
The Platform Sutra of the Sixth Patriarch
Sutra of Wei Lang (or Hui Neng)

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