Tao Te Ching
Jianzhi Sengcan 鑑智僧璨
(Jiànzhì Sēngcàn)
529 – 606 CE
The Third Chinese Patriarch after Bodhidharma and thirtieth Patriarch after the Buddha, Sengcan wrote famous Chinese poems called Xinxin Ming. Because of a Buddhist persecution of the time, he went into hiding in the mountains and later wandered without a home for 10 years. He taught the elimination of all duality, going beyond words to the sense, and the contemplation of wisdom. Hsin Hsin Ming
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Quotes by Jianzhi Sengcan (19 quotes)
from Hsin Hsin Ming
Chapters:
1. The Unnamed
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“Before enlightenment, chopping wood and carrying water. After enlightenment, chopping wood and carrying water.”
Chapters:
80. A Golden Age
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“If the problem has a solution, worrying is pointless, in the end the problem will be solved. If the problem has no solution, there is no reason to worry, because it can't be solved.”
Chapters:
63. Easy as Hard
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“If you understand, things are just as they are; if you do not understand, things are just as they are.”
Chapters:
9. Know When to Stop
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“In the landscape of spring, there is neither better nor worse. The flowering branches grow naturally, some long, some short.”
Chapters:
34. An Unmoored Boat
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“Knock on the sky and listen to the sound.”
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25. The Mother of All Things
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“Seek not to follow in the footsteps of men of old; seek what they sought.”
Chapters:
65. Simplicity: the Hidden Power of Goodness
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“The ten thousand questions are one question. If you cut through the one question, then the ten thousand questions disappear.”
Chapters:
48. Unlearning
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“The ways to the One are as many as the lives of men.”
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39. Oneness
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“Though the bamboo forest is dense, water flows through it freely.”
Chapters:
78. Water
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“To do a certain kind of thing, you have to be a certain kind of person.”
Chapters:
51. Mysterious Goodness
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“To follow the path, look to the master, follow the master, walk with the master, see through the master, become the master.”
Chapters:
38. Fruit Over Flowers
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“Do not seek the truth; only cease to cherish opinions.”
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“When everything is seen as One, we return to the Source and stay where we have always been.”
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“As long as you remain in one extreme or another, you will never know Oneness.”
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“When you try to stop doing to achieve being, this very effort fills you with doing.”
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“The Way is not difficult for those without preferences.”
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“The infinite universe stands always before your eyes.”
from Hsin Hsin Ming
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