The ultimate Truth is beyond words. Doctrines are words.
They're not the Way. The Way is wordless.
Words are illusions... Don't cling to appearances, and you'll break through all barriers...
(p. 31)
If you see your nature, you don't need to read sutras or invoke buddhas.
Erudition and knowledge are not only useless but also cloud your awareness.
Doctrines are only for pointing to the mind. Once you see your mind,
why pay attention to doctrines?
(p. 35)
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(Quotations from The Hua Hu Ching)
Dualistic thinking is a sickness.
(47)
This path is clearly defined and quite simple to follow,
yet most lose themselves in ideological fogs of their own making.
(63)
Don't imagine that you'll discover {the truth} by accumulating more knowledge.
Knowledge creates doubt, and doubt makes you ravenous for more knowledge.
You can't get full eating this way.
(38)
I confess that there is nothing to teach:
no religion, no science, no body of information
which will lead your mind back to the Tao.
Today I speak in this fashion, tomorrow in another,
but always the Integral Way is beyond words and beyond mind.
(p. 8)
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Quotations from The Tao Te Ching)
In the pursuit of learning, every day something is acquired.
In the pursuit of Tao, every day something is dropped.
(48)
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