Is it not the fact that there is in the body a clot of blood which, if it
is in good condition, the whole body is, too; and if it is in rotten
condition, so too is the whole body? Is not this the heart?
-Sutra of Hui Neng
An old Buddha once said:
My whole being is like the mouth of a bell suspended in empty space:
It does not ask whether the wind blows east or west, north or south.
Impartial to all, it sounds the Wisdom for the sake of others:
“Bong bong bong,” says the wind bell, “bong bong bong.”
[the bell], [the bong]
All such notions as causation, succession, atoms, primary elements
that make up personality, Personal Soul, Supreme Spirit, Sovereign God,
Creator - are all figments of imagination, and manifestations of the mind.
One is the way to gain, the other is the way to Nirvana, knowing this fact, students of the Buddha should not take pleasure in being honored, [...]
