“All words and speeches are dependent designations without [corresponding] reality… .” — Dacheng Qixin Lun (The Awakening of Faith in the Mah ̄ya ̄na)

“If you arouse the mind to fixate on purity, you create the delusion of purity.”
HUINENG

"Si despiertas la mente a fijarse en la pureza, creas la ilusión de la pureza."
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“A monk asked, ‘What is holy?’ 
The master said, ‘Not ordinary.’ 
The monk said, 'What is ordinary?’ 
The master said, 'Not holy.’ 
The monk said, 'What about when there is neither ordinary nor holy?’ 
The master said, 'That’s a good Chan monk.’

The Record of Zhaozhou (趙州禅師語錄 Jōshū zenji goroku)

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“The various phenomena in this world and other worlds are in all cases devoid of self-nature… . They are empty names, and the words used to describe them are likewise empty. But you think these idle names represent realities. This is a great error..”

"Los diversos fenómenos en este mundo y otros mundos son en todos los casos carentes de la propia naturaleza .... Son nombres vacíos, y las palabras que se usan para describirlos son igualmente vacías. Pero usted piensa que estos nombres ociosos representan realidades. Este es un gran error .. "
The Record of Linji (臨濟語錄 Línjì yǔlù)