sermon
No Distinction Between Ordinary and Holy
Chuanxin Fayao
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All the Buddhas and all sentient beings are nothing but the universal mind, wherein nothing stirs. This mind, having no beginning, was never born and will never perish. Without form, without appearance, it transcends all categories. It cannot be perceived, it cannot be attained, and it is neither new nor old. It is neither long nor short, large nor small. It cannot be measured, named, traced, or compared. Is there anything you can add to it? Is there anything you can take away? Ordinary people and Buddhas—between them there is not a hair's breadth of distinction.
Attribution
By Huangbo Xiyun
From Chuanxin Fayao
Sources
Chuanxin Fayao: No Distinction Between Ordinary and Holy