Current location - Quotes Website - Excellent quotations - Master Huineng’s famous sayings from the Sixth Patriarch of Zen
Master Huineng’s famous sayings from the Sixth Patriarch of Zen

1. When you are lost in time, you can save yourself.

The meaning of this sentence is: when you are confused, rely on the teacher's guidance, and when you understand it, solve it yourself

2. Buddhism is in the world, and you should not leave the world to realize it, and leave the world to find Bodhi. Just like looking for a rabbit's horn.

The meaning of this sentence is: The most important thing about Buddhism is to practice meditation at all times in your daily life. If the effort is effective, the worldly law and the transcendental law are one and not two. The so-called "one dharma is the same, all dharma are the same".

3. It is not the wind that moves, nor the flags that move, but the heart of a benevolent person.

The meaning of this sentence is: When the flag flutters under the wind, it is not because the wind is moving, nor because the flag is moving, but because the observer thinks that the flag is moving. This is an idealist worldview. For idealists, the world does not exist objectively, but because of my thinking, the world exists. If I stop thinking (for example, if I die), the world will cease to exist.

4. Bodhi has no tree, and the mirror is not a stand; there is nothing in the first place, so how can it cause dust.

The meaning of this sentence is: Bodhi does not have a tree in the first place, and the bright mirror is not a stand. It is nothingness in the first place, so how can it be contaminated with dust. It is a metaphor that the originally pure Dharmakaya cannot be compared with anything, let alone kept pure artificially. It is also a metaphor for the fact that the Dharmakaya is inherently pure without being contaminated by external dust.

5. Wuwu does not practice good, Tengteng does not do evil, is silent and stops seeing and hearing, and has a wandering mind.

The meaning of this sentence is: in all things seen and heard, the mind should be pure and uncontaminated, so that everything can be seen clearly. There should be no distinction or attachment in all things seen and heard.

6. The heart contains all kinds of things, and they are all sprouting in the rain; when you suddenly realize the love of flowers, the Bodhi fruit will be achieved by itself.

The meaning of this sentence is: Everyone is originally a Buddha, and all kinds of seeds are naturally prepared. When the right situation arises, they will naturally sprout. From quantitative change to qualitative change of enlightenment, they will be free from emotions and desires. It is enlightenment, Bodhi is enlightenment, and then the fruit of enlightenment is achieved.