Zen

Q. If all discriminations of right and wrong are empty, what should I rely upon to practise?

A. Don’t try to find something to rely on. Thinking that there might be something to depend on and looking for it is being deluded by illusions. The aim of Buddhism is to realise that there is nothing to rely upon and no one who will rely, because not only all discriminations of right and wrong but everything else is also empty.

Even you who are looking for something to rely on are empty as well. Don’t seek something to depend on but try to realise that you are already perfection itself that needs nothing to rely on.

©Boo Ahm

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