The noncognizing in the consciousness is the eternal; the consciousness in
noncognizing is wisdom. If you arouse a discriminatory, galloping mind,
this is routine, and you become an ordinary mortal.
How can you find purity in the mind? It is just a matter of seeking out
purity in the midst of impurity. Then when you discover signs of impurity in
the midst of purity, you have now found purity.
The true mind has no form: what has form is ultimately illusory.
Is the true mind to be sought from the source of mind? If the source is
clean, then the celestial design is apparent, and daily activities never
obstruct the supreme Way. If the source is not clean, then even if you have
some vision it is like a lamp in the wind, flickering erratically.
What we call the true mind is the enlightened clear mind. Therefore it can
pervade the heavens and permeate the earth, without the slightest
artificiality.
When mind is empty yet not vacant, this is called true emptiness; when
mind is there but not reified, this is called subtle existence. Don't tarry on
one side, and you then enter the middle way. Then you have a basis for
gaining access to virtue.
The Way is present before our eyes, yet what is before our eyes is hard to
understand. People like the unusual and enjoy the new; they miss what is
