p. 126.
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Do not try to search outside yourself, which [only] leads to the suffering of saṃsāra. Maintain the same state of mind in every moment of thought, in every phase of mental activity.
— Daman Hongren
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Source: Wikiquote: "Daman Hongren" (Quotes, Hsiu-hsin yao lun (Treatise on the Essentials of Cultivating the Mind): as translated by John McRae, The Northern School and the Formation of Early Chʻan Buddhism (1986).)
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About Daman Hongren
Daman Hongren (c. 601–674) was the 5th Patriarch of Chan Buddhism.
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