Quotes from Huangbo Xiyun

...Therefore it is said: 'The perception of a phenomenon IS the perception of the Universal Nature, since phenomena and Mind are one and the same.'

Why seek a doctrine? As soon as you have a doctrine, you fall into dualistic thought.

The foolish reject what they see, not what they think; the wise reject what they think, not what they see.

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

Our original nature is...void, omnipresent, silent, pure; it is glorious and mysterious peaceful joy - and that is all. Enter deeply into it by awakening yourself.

A perception, sudden as blinking, that subject and object are one, will lead to a deeply mysterious understanding; and by this understanding you will awaken to the truth.

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.

...concepts are related to the senses; and, when feeling takes place, wisdom is shut out.