Faith in Mind (Xinxinming)

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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

• Attributed To
  Jianzhi Sengcan

Lineage: Early Chan

By Jianzhi Sengcan

• No Preferencesproverb
• Not Difficultproverb
• The Tiniest Distinctionproverb
• Do Not Search for the Truthproverb

From Xinxinming

• No Preferences
• Not Difficult
• The Tiniest Distinction
• Do Not Search for the Truth

Sources

• contentWikisource — English-language free library

  Xinxinming, opening verses

  Xinxinming: Faith in Mind (Xinxinming)