Neither Emptiness Nor Existence, Yet Both at Once
Don't trade one ignorance for another. Don't swap one delusion for a different one.
Don't trade one ignorance for another. Don't swap one delusion for a different one.
It's easy to cling to existence, and just as easy to cling to emptiness. But to settle into neither emptiness nor existence—and yet both at once—now that's hard!
For most practitioners, the path begins by grasping at existence, then letting it dissolve into emptiness. From there you move beyond both, into a state that's neither empty nor existent. Eventually you come to see that emptiness and existence are inseparable. Only then does genuine freedom unfold.
Original title: Zen Sayings for a Pure Mind: Never Trade One Ignorance for Another
Reposted from the WeChat Official Account of Zibo Huayan Temple