Huineng Quotes

Look within!... The secret is inside you.

A finger points at the moon, but the moon is not at the tip of the finger. Words points at the truth, but the truth is not in words.

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

Confused by thoughts, we experience duality in life. Unencumbered by ideas, the enlightened see the one Reality.

By amending our mistakes, we get wisdom. By defending our faults, we betray an unsound mind.

The truth is to be lived, not just mouthed.

The meaning of life is to see.

The complete teachings of all Buddhas - past, present, and future - are to be found within the essence of every human being.

As one lamp serves to dispel a thousand years of darkness, so one flash of wisdom destroys ten thousand years of ignorance.

Our Essence of Mind is intrinsically pure, and if we knew our mind and realized what our nature is, all of us would attain Buddhahood.

Before you think good or evil, who are you?

To be bigoted & argue with others, is to subject one's essence of mind to the bitterness of mundane existence.

Words are not truth. Truth is like the moon, and words are like my finger. I can point to the moon with my finger, but my finger is not the moon. Do you need my finger to see the moon?

The secret is within your self.

Within our impure mind the pure one is to be found.

Because wisdom is innate, we can all enlighten ourselves.

It is your minds that are moving.

Since in reality all is void, Whereon can the dust fall?