17 definitions
Awakening (n.) has no parts: to be awakened at all is to be awakened completely, since the Buddha nature cannot be realized bit by bit.
The Buddha (n.) is simply an ordinary man who understands that ordinary men are Buddhas just as they are.
Concentration (n.) on the mind until it is still is a disease, not dhyana.
Emptiness (n.) holds sun, moon and stars, mountains and rivers, good men and bad, heaven and hell — they all sit in the midst of it.
Empty mind (n.) wiped clean of all thoughts and sensations is no better than a block of wood or a lump of stone.
Great Void (n.) is great not because it is empty but because, like space, it holds the sun, moon and stars; thoughts cross it like birds across the sky, leaving no trace.
Letting go (n.) of the mind replaces purifying it, since the mind is nothing to be grasped; thoughts come and go, neither repressed, held, nor interfered with.
The Mind (n.) is like empty space, which holds sun and stars, rivers and forests, sinners and saints — the sky-like quality of one's natural self.
Mind (n.) is no mirror that needs wiping: there never was a Bodhi Tree nor a bright mirror, and since not one thing exists, where could dust cling?
Mind (n.) is as broad as the vast sky; but sit with it fixed on emptiness and you fall into a dead, neutral emptiness.
Present moment (n.) has nothing coming to be and nothing ceasing; it is itself the absolute tranquillity of nirvana, without limit, and herein is eternal delight.
Purity (n.) sought by working on the mind only contaminates it with purity.