"Not till your thoughts cease all their branching here and there, not till you abandon all thoughts of seeking for something, not till your mind is motionless as wood or stone, will you be on the right road to the Gate."

– Huangbo Xiyun

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"Observe things as they are and don’t pay attention to other people. There are some people just like mad dogs barking at everything that moves, even barking when the wind stirs among the grass and leaves."

– Huangbo Xiyun

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"Throughout this life, you can never be certain of living long enough to take another breath."

– Huangbo Xiyun

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"Those who seek the truth by means of intellect and learning only get further and further away from it."

– Huangbo Xiyun

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"When thoughts arise, then do all things arise. When thoughts vanish, then do all things vanish."

– Huangbo Xiyun

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"When the fish is caught we pay no more attention to the trap."

– Huangbo Xiyun

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"Learn only how to avoid seeking for and attaching yourselves to anything."

– Huangbo Xiyun

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"To make use of your mind to think conceptually is to leave substance and attach yourself to form"

– Huangbo Xiyun

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"Suppose a warrior, forgetting that he was already wearing his pearl on his forehead, were to seek for it elsewhere, he could travel the whole world without finding it."

– Huangbo Xiyun

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"People are scared to empty their minds fearing that they will be engulfed by the void. What they don't realize is that their own mind is the void."

– Huangbo Xiyun

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