1 00:00:16,970 --> 00:00:19,566 The Great Way is not difficult 2 00:00:19,566 --> 00:00:22,686 for those who have no preferences. 3 00:00:25,750 --> 00:00:29,550 When Love and Hate are both absent, 4 00:00:30,045 --> 00:00:34,435 everything becomes clear and undisguised. 5 00:00:36,800 --> 00:00:40,315 Make the smallest distinction however 6 00:00:41,090 --> 00:00:46,830 and heaven and Earth are set infinitely apart. 7 00:00:58,850 --> 00:01:02,200 If you wish to see the truth 8 00:01:02,413 --> 00:01:08,873 then hold no opinions for or against anything. 9 00:01:10,970 --> 00:01:14,530 To set what you like against what you dislike 10 00:01:14,655 --> 00:01:18,665 is the disease of the Mind. 11 00:01:27,999 --> 00:01:30,140 When the deep meaning of things 12 00:01:30,140 --> 00:01:32,790 is not understood 13 00:01:33,100 --> 00:01:36,580 the mind's essential peace is disturbed 14 00:01:36,580 --> 00:01:38,390 to no avail. 15 00:01:42,850 --> 00:01:46,600 The Way is perfect, 16 00:01:47,555 --> 00:01:50,955 like vast space, 17 00:01:52,350 --> 00:01:57,260 where nothing is lacking and nothing is in excess. 18 00:02:13,980 --> 00:02:17,840 Indeed, it is due to our choosing, 19 00:02:18,470 --> 00:02:24,595 to accept or reject, that we do not see the true nature of things. 20 00:02:28,620 --> 00:02:33,540 Live neither in the entanglements of outer things, 21 00:02:33,689 --> 00:02:38,949 nor in inner feelings of emptiness. 22 00:02:43,169 --> 00:02:46,949 Be serene in the Oneness of things 23 00:02:47,024 --> 00:02:52,704 and such erroneous views will disappear by themselves. 24 00:02:57,459 --> 00:03:02,349 When you try to stop activity to achieve passivity 25 00:03:02,429 --> 00:03:09,081 your very effort fills you with activity. 26 00:03:19,340 --> 00:03:23,634 As long as you remain in one extreme or the other 27 00:03:23,764 --> 00:03:28,595 you will never know Oneness. 28 00:03:33,550 --> 00:03:37,780 Those who do not live in the single way 29 00:03:38,375 --> 00:03:47,245 fail in both activity and passivity, assertion and denial. 30 00:03:55,180 --> 00:04:00,720 To deny the reality of things Is to miss their reality. 31 00:04:03,360 --> 00:04:09,090 To assert the emptiness of things is to miss their reality. 32 00:04:14,520 --> 00:04:16,350 The more you talk 33 00:04:16,350 --> 00:04:20,161 and think about it, the further astray 34 00:04:20,161 --> 00:04:23,090 you wander from the truth. 35 00:04:29,120 --> 00:04:31,260 Stop talking and thinking 36 00:04:32,485 --> 00:04:36,865 and there is nothing you will not be able to know. 37 00:04:39,191 --> 00:04:40,781 To return to the root 38 00:04:40,889 --> 00:04:43,350 is to find the meaning, 39 00:04:43,515 --> 00:04:50,677 but to pursue appearances is to miss the source. 40 00:04:55,420 --> 00:04:58,430 At the moment of inner enlightenment 41 00:04:59,580 --> 00:05:04,530 there is a going beyond appearance and emptiness. 42 00:05:09,270 --> 00:05:12,400 The changes that appear to occur 43 00:05:12,640 --> 00:05:15,870 in the empty world we call real 44 00:05:15,925 --> 00:05:20,095 only because of our ignorance. 45 00:05:29,980 --> 00:05:33,200 Do not search for the truth. 46 00:05:34,110 --> 00:05:38,440 Only cease to cherish opinions. 47 00:05:40,230 --> 00:05:43,310 Do not remain in the dualistic state. 48 00:05:43,760 --> 00:05:47,730 Avoid such pursuits carefully. 49 00:05:49,810 --> 00:05:53,705 If there is even a trace of this and that, 50 00:05:53,705 --> 00:05:55,990 of right and wrong, 51 00:05:56,720 --> 00:06:01,620 the Mind Essence will be lost in confusion. 52 00:06:04,350 --> 00:06:09,110 Although all dualities come from the One, 53 00:06:09,550 --> 00:06:14,110 do not be attached even to this One. 54 00:06:38,940 --> 00:06:42,880 When the Mind exists undisturbed in the Way 55 00:06:44,090 --> 00:06:47,370 nothing in the world can offend, 56 00:06:48,050 --> 00:06:51,010 and when a thing can no longer offend 57 00:06:51,620 --> 00:06:55,510 it ceases to exist in the old way. 58 00:07:11,230 --> 00:07:15,790 When no discriminating thoughts arise 59 00:07:16,435 --> 00:07:20,345 the old mind ceases to exist. 60 00:07:21,210 --> 00:07:24,901 When thought objects vanish 61 00:07:25,300 --> 00:07:28,920 the thinking subject vanishes. 62 00:07:29,319 --> 00:07:34,459 As when the Mind vanishes, objects vanish. 63 00:07:50,039 --> 00:07:53,849 Things are objects because of the subject. 64 00:07:54,314 --> 00:07:57,904 The mind is such because of things. 65 00:08:00,680 --> 00:08:03,850 Understand the relativity of these two 66 00:08:04,009 --> 00:08:06,659 and the basic reality; 67 00:08:07,704 --> 00:08:11,214 the unity of emptiness. 68 00:08:12,719 --> 00:08:14,799 In this emptiness 69 00:08:14,929 --> 00:08:17,759 the two are indistinguishable 70 00:08:18,169 --> 00:08:22,106 and each contains in itself the whole world. 71 00:08:38,240 --> 00:08:41,810 If you do not discriminate between course and fine 72 00:08:42,650 --> 00:08:45,140 you will not be tempted to prejudice 73 00:08:45,375 --> 00:08:47,585 and opinion. 74 00:08:50,160 --> 00:08:52,280 To live in the Great Way 75 00:08:52,366 --> 00:08:55,496 is neither easy nor difficult, 76 00:08:56,455 --> 00:08:59,055 but those with limited views 77 00:08:59,230 --> 00:09:02,340 are fearful and irresolute. 78 00:09:07,480 --> 00:09:09,690 The faster they hurry 79 00:09:09,995 --> 00:09:12,495 the slower they go 80 00:09:12,747 --> 00:09:16,172 and clinging cannot be limited. 81 00:09:33,220 --> 00:09:37,340 Even to be attached to the idea of Enlightenment 82 00:09:37,525 --> 00:09:40,015 is to go astray. 83 00:09:41,230 --> 00:09:44,390 Just let things be in their own way 84 00:09:44,570 --> 00:09:48,768 and there will be neither coming nor going. 85 00:09:51,230 --> 00:09:53,830 Obey the nature of things 86 00:09:53,830 --> 00:09:58,521 and you will walk freely and undisturbed. 87 00:10:08,800 --> 00:10:11,049 When thought is in bondage 88 00:10:11,049 --> 00:10:14,214 the truth is hidden, for everything is 89 00:10:14,214 --> 00:10:16,684 murky and unclear, 90 00:10:17,080 --> 00:10:19,674 and the burdensome practice of judging 91 00:10:19,674 --> 00:10:23,934 brings annoyance and weariness. 92 00:10:39,330 --> 00:10:41,408 What benefit can be derived 93 00:10:41,408 --> 00:10:44,608 from distinctions and separations? 94 00:10:47,199 --> 00:10:50,909 If you wish to move in the One Way 95 00:10:51,384 --> 00:10:55,104 do not dislike even the world of senses and ideas. 96 00:10:56,760 --> 00:10:59,901 Indeed to accept them fully 97 00:10:59,901 --> 00:11:03,991 is identical with true enlightenment. 98 00:11:10,899 --> 00:11:14,409 The wise person strives toward no goals 99 00:11:14,409 --> 00:11:18,839 but the foolish person fetters themselves. 100 00:11:25,260 --> 00:11:28,670 There is one Dharma not many. 101 00:11:30,470 --> 00:11:32,839 Distinctions arise from the clinging 102 00:11:32,839 --> 00:11:35,425 needs of the ignorant. 103 00:11:46,100 --> 00:11:49,868 To seek mind with the discriminating mind 104 00:11:49,908 --> 00:11:53,878 is the greatest of all mistakes. 105 00:11:55,220 --> 00:11:59,021 Rest and unrest derive from illusion. 106 00:12:00,090 --> 00:12:01,835 With Enlightenment 107 00:12:01,835 --> 00:12:05,005 there is no liking and disliking. 108 00:12:05,810 --> 00:12:09,350 All dualities come from ignorant inference. 109 00:12:11,430 --> 00:12:14,167 They are like dreams or flowers in air; 110 00:12:15,548 --> 00:12:18,858 foolish to try to grasp them. 111 00:12:23,550 --> 00:12:25,100 Gain and loss, 112 00:12:25,260 --> 00:12:26,860 right and wrong; 113 00:12:27,515 --> 00:12:32,065 such thoughts must finally be abolished at once. 114 00:12:45,860 --> 00:12:48,280 If the eye never sleeps 115 00:12:48,620 --> 00:12:51,640 all dreams will naturally cease. 116 00:12:53,095 --> 00:12:56,435 If the Mind makes no discriminations 117 00:12:56,930 --> 00:13:00,560 the ten thousand things are as they are; 118 00:13:00,855 --> 00:13:03,575 of single essence. 119 00:13:05,310 --> 00:13:06,890 To understand the mystery 120 00:13:06,890 --> 00:13:09,880 of this One Essence is to be released 121 00:13:10,090 --> 00:13:13,620 from all entanglements. 122 00:13:24,690 --> 00:13:26,990 When all things are seen equally 123 00:13:26,990 --> 00:13:30,828 the timeless self essence is reached. 124 00:13:33,060 --> 00:13:36,688 No comparisons or analogies are possible in this 125 00:13:36,688 --> 00:13:40,468 causeless, relationless state. 126 00:13:49,270 --> 00:13:50,540 Consider movement 127 00:13:50,540 --> 00:13:53,620 stationary and the stationary in motion 128 00:13:54,172 --> 00:13:57,652 and both movement and rest disappear. 129 00:14:00,170 --> 00:14:02,870 When such dualities cease to exist, 130 00:14:04,075 --> 00:14:07,075 Oneness itself cannot exist. 131 00:14:11,980 --> 00:14:14,280 To this ultimate finality 132 00:14:15,495 --> 00:14:18,545 no law or description applies. 133 00:14:21,170 --> 00:14:25,280 For the unified mind, in accord with the Way, 134 00:14:25,515 --> 00:14:29,055 all self-centered striving ceases. 135 00:14:42,100 --> 00:14:45,750 Doubts and irresolutions vanish 136 00:14:46,650 --> 00:14:51,410 and life in true faith is possible. 137 00:14:52,660 --> 00:14:57,050 With a single stroke we are freed from bondage. 138 00:14:57,959 --> 00:15:02,309 Nothing clings to us and we hold to nothing. 139 00:15:12,829 --> 00:15:15,053 All is empty, 140 00:15:15,053 --> 00:15:22,163 clear, self-illuminating, with no exertion of the mind's power. 141 00:15:23,320 --> 00:15:32,110 Here thought, feeling, knowledge and imagination are of no of no value. 142 00:15:34,280 --> 00:15:37,380 In this world of suchness 143 00:15:37,380 --> 00:15:42,740 there is neither self nor other than self. 144 00:15:44,600 --> 00:15:48,368 To come directly into harmony with this reality 145 00:15:48,368 --> 00:15:53,908 just simply say when doubt arises: "not two". 146 00:15:56,240 --> 00:16:00,360 In this "not two" nothing is separate, 147 00:16:00,360 --> 00:16:04,190 nothing is excluded. 148 00:16:05,230 --> 00:16:08,306 No matter when or where 149 00:16:08,353 --> 00:16:11,583 Enlightenment means entering this truth. 150 00:16:15,630 --> 00:16:23,860 And this truth is beyond extension or diminution in time or space. 151 00:16:25,969 --> 00:16:32,259 In it a single thought is ten thousand years. 152 00:16:43,830 --> 00:16:45,650 Emptiness here, 153 00:16:46,240 --> 00:16:48,080 emptiness there. 154 00:16:48,840 --> 00:16:56,420 But the infinite universe stands always before your eyes. 155 00:17:05,229 --> 00:17:09,619 Infinitely large and infinitely small- 156 00:17:09,644 --> 00:17:11,454 no difference. 157 00:17:11,980 --> 00:17:17,870 For definitions have vanished and no boundaries are seen. 158 00:17:24,180 --> 00:17:27,820 So too with being and non-being. 159 00:17:28,505 --> 00:17:35,704 Don't waste time in doubts and arguments that have nothing to do with this. 160 00:17:37,299 --> 00:17:40,469 One thing, all things, 161 00:17:40,589 --> 00:17:42,539 move among and intermingle 162 00:17:42,539 --> 00:17:45,169 without distinction. 163 00:17:56,780 --> 00:18:04,830 To live in this realization is to be without anxiety about non-perfection. 164 00:18:06,190 --> 00:18:11,130 To live in this faith is the road to non-duality 165 00:18:11,300 --> 00:18:17,210 because the non-dual is one with the trusting mind. 166 00:18:23,850 --> 00:18:25,980 Words! 167 00:18:26,305 --> 00:18:29,785 The way is beyond language, 168 00:18:30,052 --> 00:18:33,909 for in it there is no yesterday, 169 00:18:35,436 --> 00:18:38,076 no tomorrow, 170 00:18:39,130 --> 00:18:42,600 no today.