To return to the root is to find the meaning,
but to pursue appearances is to miss the source.
At the moment of inner enlightenment,
there is a going beyond appearance and emptiness.
The changes that appear to occur in the empty world
we call real only because of our ignorance.
Do not search for the truth;
only cease to cherish opinions.

Sengcan

from the book Hsin-Hsin Ming: Verses on the Faith-Mind

translated by Richard B. Clarke


source: http://terebess.hu/english/hsin.html#3


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