Even to be attached to the idea of enlightenment is to go astray.

Jianzhi Sengcan

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Topic

Seeking enlightenment Seeking Enlightenment Attachment (Buddhism)

Author

Jianzhi Sengcan

Source

Verses on the Faith Mind (Xinxin Ming)

Genre

Philosophical literature Religious literature

Statement Type

Paradox

Language

Chinese

Time

606 600s 7th century

Occupation

Buddhist

From

China Asia

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Original Citation

Seng Ts'an. Xinxin Ming. c. 600.

Current Citation

Seng Ts'an. Hsin-Hsin Ming: Verses on the Faith-Mind, translated by Richard B. Clarke. White Pine Press, 2001.

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Nature does not hurry, yet everything is accomplished.

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Language
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Time
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Original Citation

Laozi [Lao Tzu]. 道德經 [Tao Te Ching]. c. 400 BC, ch. 37.

Current Citation

Laozi [Lao Tzu]. "The Natural Way of Lao Tzu." A Source Book in Chinese Philosophy, translated by Wing-Tsit Chan. Princeton University Press, 1969, ch. 37.

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The tyrant grinds down his slaves and they don't turn against him; they crush those beneath them.

Emily Brontë

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Shit rolls downhill Human nature
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Time
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Current Citation

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