Nov 15, 2015
...even though I call it real learning, ultimately there is nothing learned. Why? Because both the self and nirvana are empty; there is no more two, not even one. Thus there is nothing learned; but even though phenomena are essentially empty, it is necessary to preserve the [straightforward] mind with perfect clarity, because then delusive thoughts do not arise, and egoism and possessiveness disappear. The Nirvana Scripture says, "Those who know the Buddha does not preach anything are called fully learned." This is how we know that preserving the basic [straightforward] mind is the source of all scriptures.
大滿弘忍 Daman Hongren, 修心要論; Xiūxīnyào lùn (Treatise on the Essentials of Cultivating the Mind)