On the Transmission of Mind: One Mind

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The Master said: All the Buddhas and all sentient beings are nothing but the One Mind, beside which nothing exists. This Mind, which is without beginning, is unborn and indestructible. It is not green nor yellow, and has neither form nor appearance. It does not belong to the categories of things which exist or do not exist, nor can it be thought of in terms of new or old. It is neither long nor short, big nor small, for it transcends all limits, measures, names, traces, and comparisons. It is that which you see before you. Begin to reason about it and you at once fall into error.

tr. John Blofeld

license: public_domain

Attribution

• Attributed To
  Huangbo Xiyun

Lineage: Linji

By Huangbo Xiyun

• Cease to Cherish Opinionsproverb
• No Distinction Between Ordinary and Holysermon
• The One Mind That All Buddhas Teachdialogue
• One Mind, Nothing Elseproverb
• Mind Is Empty Like Spaceproverb

From Chuanxin Fayao

• Cease to Cherish Opinions
• No Distinction Between Ordinary and Holy
• The One Mind That All Buddhas Teach
• Chuánxīn Fǎyào (Essentials of Mind Transmission)

Sources

• contentWikisource — English-language free library

  Chuanxin Fayao, opening passage

  Chuanxin Fayao: On the Transmission of Mind: One Mind