The Mind Is Buddha

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Outside of this mind there is no Buddha. Outside of this nature there is no dharma. Look for Buddha apart from your own mind, and you will not find him in a thousand kalpas.

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Attribution

• Attributed To
  Bojo Jinul

Lineage: Jogye

By Bojo Jinul

• Sudden Awakening, Gradual Cultivationpractice-instruction
• Sudden Awakening, Gradual Cultivationproverb
• Tracing Back the Radianceproverb
• The Three Mysterious Gatesproverb
• An Ox on the Mountainproverb

From Secrets on Cultivating the Mind

• Sudden Awakening, Gradual Cultivation
• Samādhi and Prajñā in One Practice

Sources

• contentTracing Back the Radiance: Chinul's Korean Way of Zen — Robert E. Buswell

  Robert E. Buswell Jr.

  pp. 140–145