You are not calming the mind to gain the kind of mind capable of knowing the true self. You are calming the mind so that you can see through it and beyond.
We are not saying to calm the clouds so that with a perfectly calm
cloud, you may emulate the sky. We are saying to calm the clouds to
witness the sky.
Bodhidharma, the startling awakening
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*"If you want to abandon the unreal and turn to the real, sit steadily and
gaze at a wall. Self and other, ordinary people and enlightened ones, are
one an...
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