"The gnosis of a buddha is effortless, thus it is called non-conceptual." Indrabhūti, Jñānasiddhi
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A particular type of seed will bear a corresponding type of crop. Dull practice will generate a dull mind. The bodhisattva path entails bright meditation for the sake of a bright mind that compassionately engages the world's suffering, not for withdrawing from it into darkness.

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A number of the above lines remind me of Chan calls against mind-blanking or "ghost-cave" experiencing, as in a famous dialog between Nanquan and his then student Zhaozhou. I don't know Chinese, but included here is a call against a nihilistic, neutral, heart-&-mind "blankness":pic.twitter.com/nW9PT1KWcQ
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