Wumen Huikai Quotes & Sayings

If you seek, how is that different from pursuing sound and form? If you don't seek, how are you different from earth, wood or stone? You must seek without seeking. — Wumen Huikai

The Great Way has no gate; / there are a thousand paths to it. / If you pass through the barrier, / you walk the universe alone. — Wumen Huikai

There are a thousand flowers blossoming in spring, The magical light of the full moon in autumn; There is a breeze in summer, And snow in winter; And if vanities don't hang in my mind, I shall rejoice at any time and place. — Wumen Huikai

Search back into your own vision- think back to the mind that thinks. Who is it? — Wumen Huikai

Spring comes with flowers, autumn with the moon, summer with the breeze, winter with snow. When idle concerns don't fill your thoughts, that's your best season. — Wumen Huikai

You cannot describe it or draw it. You cannot praise it enough or perceive it. No place can be found in which to put the Original Face; it will not disappear even when the universe is destroyed. — Wumen Huikai

Every day Zuigan used to call out to himself, "Master!" and then he answered himself, "Yes, Sir!" And he added, "Awake, Awake!" and then answered, "Yes, Sir! Yes, Sir!"
"From now onwards, do not be deceived by others!" "No, Sir! I will not, Sir!"

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All beings are encompassed within one all-encompassing great energy: So I understood from the coolness of this morning's passing breeze. — Wumen Huikai

The enlightened man is one with the law of causation. — Wumen Huikai

One instant is eternity; / eternity is the now. / When you see through this one instant, / you see through the one who sees. — Wumen Huikai