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Faith in Mind (Xinxinming)

Xinxinming

Sui

Traditionally attributed

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The Great Way is not difficult for those who have no preferences. When love and hate are both absent everything becomes clear and undisguised. Make the smallest distinction, however, and heaven and earth are set infinitely apart. If you wish to see the truth then hold no opinions for or against anything. To set up what you like against what you dislike is the disease of the mind.

tr. Richard B. Clarke

license: public_domain

Attribution

Lineage: Early Chan

By Jianzhi Sengcan

From Xinxinming

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