If you wish to find the true way, Right action will lead you to it directly; But if you do not strive for Buddhahood, You will grope in the dark and never find it.

Sutra of Hui Neng

Striving for Buddhahood

Topic: Spiritual Growth & Practice

If you wish to find the true way, Right action will lead you to it directly; But if you do not strive for Buddhahood You will grope in the dark and never find it.

Buddhism
Sutra of Hui Neng

Wilson, Andrew, editor. World Scripture - a Comparative Anthology of Sacred Texts. Paragon House, 1991, p. 492 [Sutra Of Hui Neng 2, Chapter 11].

Sutra Of Hui Neng 2

He who treads the path in earnest
Sees not the mistakes of the world;
If we find fault with others
We ourselves are also in the wrong.
When other people are in the wrong, we should ignore it,
For it is wrong for us to find fault.
By getting rid of this habit of fault-finding
We cut off a source of defilement.
When neither hatred nor love disturb our mind
Serenely we sleep.

—Buddhism [Sutra of Hui Neng 2] p. 704.

Striving for Buddhahood

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