0:00:16.970,0:00:19.566 The Great Way is not difficult 0:00:19.566,0:00:22.686 for those who have no preferences. 0:00:25.750,0:00:29.550 When Love and Hate are both absent, 0:00:30.045,0:00:34.435 everything becomes clear and undisguised. 0:00:36.800,0:00:40.315 Make the smallest distinction however 0:00:41.090,0:00:46.830 and heaven and Earth [br]are set infinitely apart. 0:00:58.850,0:01:02.200 If you wish to see the truth 0:01:02.413,0:01:08.873 then hold no[br]opinions for or against anything. 0:01:10.970,0:01:14.530 To set what you like against [br]what you dislike 0:01:14.655,0:01:18.665 is the disease of the Mind. 0:01:27.999,0:01:30.140 When the deep meaning of things 0:01:30.140,0:01:32.790 is not understood 0:01:33.100,0:01:36.580 the mind's essential peace is disturbed 0:01:36.580,0:01:38.390 to no avail. 0:01:42.850,0:01:46.600 The Way is perfect, 0:01:47.555,0:01:50.955 like vast space, 0:01:52.350,0:01:57.260 where nothing is lacking [br]and nothing is in excess. 0:02:13.980,0:02:17.840 Indeed, it is due to our choosing, 0:02:18.470,0:02:24.595 to accept or reject, that we do not [br]see the true nature of things. 0:02:28.620,0:02:33.540 Live neither in the entanglements[br]of outer things, 0:02:33.689,0:02:38.949 nor in inner feelings of emptiness. 0:02:43.169,0:02:46.949 Be serene in the Oneness of things 0:02:47.024,0:02:52.704 and such erroneous views [br]will disappear by themselves. 0:02:57.459,0:03:02.349 When you try to stop activity [br]to achieve passivity 0:03:02.429,0:03:09.081 your very effort fills you with activity. 0:03:19.340,0:03:23.634 As long as you remain in [br]one extreme or the other 0:03:23.764,0:03:28.595 you will never know Oneness. 0:03:33.550,0:03:37.780 Those who do not live in the single way 0:03:38.375,0:03:47.245 fail in both activity and passivity, [br]assertion and denial. 0:03:55.180,0:04:00.720 To deny the reality of things[br]Is to miss their reality. 0:04:03.360,0:04:09.090 To assert the emptiness of things [br]is to miss their reality. 0:04:14.520,0:04:16.350 The more you talk 0:04:16.350,0:04:20.161 and think about it, the further astray 0:04:20.161,0:04:23.090 you wander from the truth. 0:04:29.120,0:04:31.260 Stop talking and thinking 0:04:32.485,0:04:36.865 and there is nothing[br]you will not be able to know. 0:04:39.191,0:04:40.781 To return to the root 0:04:40.889,0:04:43.350 is to find the meaning, 0:04:43.515,0:04:50.677 but to pursue appearances [br]is to miss the source. 0:04:55.420,0:04:58.430 At the moment of inner enlightenment 0:04:59.580,0:05:04.530 there is a going beyond [br]appearance and emptiness. 0:05:09.270,0:05:12.400 The changes that appear to occur 0:05:12.640,0:05:15.870 in the empty world we call real 0:05:15.925,0:05:20.095 only because of our ignorance. 0:05:29.980,0:05:33.200 Do not search for the truth. 0:05:34.110,0:05:38.440 Only cease to cherish opinions. 0:05:40.230,0:05:43.310 Do not remain in the dualistic state. 0:05:43.760,0:05:47.730 Avoid such pursuits carefully. 0:05:49.810,0:05:53.705 If there is even a trace of this and that, 0:05:53.705,0:05:55.990 of right and wrong, 0:05:56.720,0:06:01.620 the Mind Essence[br]will be lost in confusion. 0:06:04.350,0:06:09.110 Although all dualities come from the One, 0:06:09.550,0:06:14.110 do not be attached even to this One. 0:06:38.940,0:06:42.880 When the Mind exists [br]undisturbed in the Way 0:06:44.090,0:06:47.370 nothing in the world can offend, 0:06:48.050,0:06:51.010 and when a thing can no longer offend 0:06:51.620,0:06:55.510 it ceases to exist in the old way. 0:07:11.230,0:07:15.790 When no discriminating thoughts arise 0:07:16.435,0:07:20.345 the old mind ceases to exist. 0:07:21.210,0:07:24.901 When thought objects vanish 0:07:25.300,0:07:28.920 the thinking subject vanishes. 0:07:29.319,0:07:34.459 As when the Mind vanishes, objects vanish. 0:07:50.039,0:07:53.849 Things are objects because of the subject. 0:07:54.314,0:07:57.904 The mind is such because of things. 0:08:00.680,0:08:03.850 Understand the relativity of these two 0:08:04.009,0:08:06.659 and the basic reality; 0:08:07.704,0:08:11.214 the unity of emptiness. 0:08:12.719,0:08:14.799 In this emptiness 0:08:14.929,0:08:17.759 the two are indistinguishable 0:08:18.169,0:08:22.106 and each contains in itself [br]the whole world. 0:08:38.240,0:08:41.810 If you do not discriminate between course[br]and fine 0:08:42.650,0:08:45.140 you will not be tempted to prejudice 0:08:45.375,0:08:47.585 and opinion. 0:08:50.160,0:08:52.280 To live in the Great Way 0:08:52.366,0:08:55.496 is neither easy nor difficult, 0:08:56.455,0:08:59.055 but those with limited views 0:08:59.230,0:09:02.340 are fearful and irresolute. 0:09:07.480,0:09:09.690 The faster they hurry 0:09:09.995,0:09:12.495 the slower they go 0:09:12.747,0:09:16.172 and clinging cannot be limited. 0:09:33.220,0:09:37.340 Even to be attached to the [br]idea of Enlightenment 0:09:37.525,0:09:40.015 is to go astray. 0:09:41.230,0:09:44.390 Just let things be in their own way 0:09:44.570,0:09:48.768 and there will be neither [br]coming nor going. 0:09:51.230,0:09:53.830 Obey the nature of things 0:09:53.830,0:09:58.521 and you will walk freely and undisturbed. 0:10:08.800,0:10:11.049 When thought is in bondage 0:10:11.049,0:10:14.214 the truth is hidden, [br]for everything is 0:10:14.214,0:10:16.684 murky and unclear, 0:10:17.080,0:10:19.674 and the burdensome practice of judging 0:10:19.674,0:10:23.934 brings annoyance and weariness. 0:10:39.330,0:10:41.408 What benefit can be derived 0:10:41.408,0:10:44.608 from distinctions and separations? 0:10:47.199,0:10:50.909 If you wish to move in the One Way 0:10:51.384,0:10:55.104 do not dislike even the [br]world of senses and ideas. 0:10:56.760,0:10:59.901 Indeed to accept them fully 0:10:59.901,0:11:03.991 is identical with true enlightenment. 0:11:10.899,0:11:14.409 The wise person strives toward no goals 0:11:14.409,0:11:18.839 but the foolish person fetters themselves. 0:11:25.260,0:11:28.670 There is one Dharma not many. 0:11:30.470,0:11:32.839 Distinctions arise from the [br]clinging 0:11:32.839,0:11:35.425 needs of the ignorant. 0:11:46.100,0:11:49.868 To seek mind with the discriminating mind 0:11:49.908,0:11:53.878 is the greatest of all mistakes. 0:11:55.220,0:11:59.021 Rest and unrest derive from illusion. 0:12:00.090,0:12:01.835 With Enlightenment 0:12:01.835,0:12:05.005 there is no liking and disliking. 0:12:05.810,0:12:09.350 All dualities come from [br]ignorant inference. 0:12:11.430,0:12:14.167 They are like dreams [br]or flowers in air; 0:12:15.548,0:12:18.858 foolish[br]to try to grasp them. 0:12:23.550,0:12:25.100 Gain and loss, 0:12:25.260,0:12:26.860 right and wrong; 0:12:27.515,0:12:32.065 such thoughts must finally [br]be abolished at once. 0:12:45.860,0:12:48.280 If the eye never sleeps 0:12:48.620,0:12:51.640 all dreams will naturally cease. 0:12:53.095,0:12:56.435 If the Mind makes no discriminations 0:12:56.930,0:13:00.560 the ten thousand things are as they are; 0:13:00.855,0:13:03.575 of single essence. 0:13:05.310,0:13:06.890 To understand the mystery 0:13:06.890,0:13:09.880 of this One Essence is to be released 0:13:10.090,0:13:13.620 from all entanglements. 0:13:24.690,0:13:26.990 When all things are seen equally 0:13:26.990,0:13:30.828 the timeless self essence is reached. 0:13:33.060,0:13:36.688 No comparisons or analogies [br]are possible in this 0:13:36.688,0:13:40.468 causeless, relationless state. 0:13:49.270,0:13:50.540 Consider movement 0:13:50.540,0:13:53.620 stationary and the stationary in motion 0:13:54.172,0:13:57.652 and both movement and rest disappear. 0:14:00.170,0:14:02.870 When such dualities cease to exist, 0:14:04.075,0:14:07.075 Oneness itself cannot exist. 0:14:11.980,0:14:14.280 To this ultimate finality 0:14:15.495,0:14:18.545 no law or description applies. 0:14:21.170,0:14:25.280 For the unified mind, [br]in accord with the Way, 0:14:25.515,0:14:29.055 all self-centered striving ceases. 0:14:42.100,0:14:45.750 Doubts and irresolutions vanish 0:14:46.650,0:14:51.410 and life in true[br]faith is possible. 0:14:52.660,0:14:57.050 With a single stroke we [br]are freed from bondage. 0:14:57.959,0:15:02.309 Nothing clings to us [br]and we hold to nothing. 0:15:12.829,0:15:15.053 All is empty, 0:15:15.053,0:15:22.163 clear, self-illuminating, with[br]no exertion of the mind's power. 0:15:23.320,0:15:32.110 Here thought, feeling, knowledge [br]and imagination are of no of no value. 0:15:34.280,0:15:37.380 In this world of suchness 0:15:37.380,0:15:42.740 there is neither self [br]nor other than self. 0:15:44.600,0:15:48.368 To come directly into harmony [br]with this reality 0:15:48.368,0:15:53.908 just simply say when doubt arises:[br]"not two". 0:15:56.240,0:16:00.360 In this "not two" nothing is separate, 0:16:00.360,0:16:04.190 nothing is excluded. 0:16:05.230,0:16:08.306 No matter when or where 0:16:08.353,0:16:11.583 Enlightenment means entering this truth. 0:16:15.630,0:16:23.860 And this truth is beyond extension [br]or diminution in time or space. 0:16:25.969,0:16:32.259 In it a single thought [br]is ten thousand years. 0:16:44.260,0:16:45.260 Emptiness here, emptiness there. 0:16:45.260,0:16:46.260 But the infinite universe stands[br]always before your eyes. 0:17:05.699,0:17:06.699 Infinitely large and infinitely small- no difference.[br]For definitions have vanished and no boundaries 0:17:21.050,0:17:22.050 are seen. 0:17:24.390,0:17:25.390 So too with being and non-being. Don't waste[br]time in doubts and arguments that have nothing 0:17:33.510,0:17:34.510 to do with this. 0:17:37.299,0:17:38.299 One thing, all things, move among and intermingle[br]without distinction. 0:17:56.910,0:17:57.910 To live in this realization is to be without[br]anxiety about non-perfection. 0:18:06.330,0:18:07.330 To live in this faith is the road to non-duality[br]because the non-dual is one with the 0:18:14.970,0:18:15.970 trusting mind. 0:18:23.850,0:18:24.850 Words! The way is beyond language, for in it[br]there is no yesterday, no tomorrow, 0:18:39.130,0:18:40.130 no today.