Shattering the Great Doubt

It is a continual process of merely noticing, in which things present themselves to your field of awareness and then vanish of their own accord.

If you do not deliver this present human body in this lifetime, then, in what lifetime will you have a chance to deliver this human body?

If you cannot use this fleeting moment to practice, then you are wasting your time; if you can use it to practice, then each moment becomes precious.

So beginning now, fully experience impermanence. Thought after thought, be completely with your practice.

But from the Chan point of view, it is contrary to start with the goal of becoming a Chan master, because that indicates a strong self-center.

Enlightened people also have such emotions, but they are natu-ral responses as methods to help others. If responding to people requires feelings appropriate to the circumstance, such emotions will manifest even in enlightened people.

It is because we lack humility that we have vexations, and it is because we have no shame that we shun responsibility.

On the contrary, from a genuine feeling of humility, self-confidence can be established. This self-confidence comes from the recognition of what one truly

On the contrary, from a genuine feeling of humility, self-confidence can be established. This self-confidence comes from the recognition of what one truly is.

The true meaning of repentance is recognizing and correcting mistakes and shortcomings, not feeling bad about what happened in the past.

When someone directly perceives that there is no endur-ing reality in the phenomenon of self, that is to say—that the self is empty—this is the realization of buddha-nature.

What we call the self is merely the ongoing succession of delusions, one after another.

All you can do is live out your life, taking care of yourself and those you are supposed to take care of.”