Platform Sutra Quotes
A curated collection of the best quotes about Platform Sutra.
Top Quotes
“To know our mind is to obtain liberation.”
“Within our impure mind the pure one is to be found.”
“Why not get rid of the sin within our own mind, for this is true repentance.”
“Our very nature is Buddha, and apart from this nature there is no other Buddha.”
“A gleam of enlightenment is enough to make any living being the equal of a Buddha.”
“What the ignorant merely talk about, wise men put into actual practice with their mind.”
“Buddha-knowledge is the Buddha-knowledge of your own mind and not that of any other Buddha.”
“By amending our mistakes, we get wisdom.
By defending our faults, we betray an unsound mind.”
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“A foolish passing thought makes one an ordinary man, while an enlightened second thought makes one a Buddha.”
“As to the Dharma, this is transmitted from heart to heart, and the recipient must realize it by his own efforts.”
“Our Essence of Mind is intrinsically pure, and if we knew our mind and realized what our nature is, all of us would attain Buddhahood.”
“To attain enlightenment by our own efforts and to practice by ourself the goodness inherent in our Essence of Mind is a genuine case of "Taking Refuge".”
“It was to ordinary men, not to other Buddhas, that Buddha Gautama preached this Sutra.”
“He who does not know his own Essence of Mind, and is under the delusion that Buddhahood can be attained by outward religious rites is called the slow-witted.”
“Argument is unnecessary for an enlightened disciple. ... Argument implies a desire to win, strengthens egotism, and ties us to the belief in the idea of a self.”
“Our mind should stand aloof from circumstances, and on no account should we allow them to influence the function of our mind. But it is a great mistake to suppress our mind from all thinking.”
“Kalpa after kalpa a man may be under delusion,
But once enlightened it takes him only a moment to attain Buddhahood.”
“The Kingdom of Buddha is in this world,
Within which enlightenment is to be sought.
To seek enlightenment by separating from this world
Is as absurd as to search for a rabbit's horn.”
“The mind should be framed in such a way that it will be independent of external or internal objects, at liberty to come or go, free from attachment and thoroughly enlightened without the least beclouding.”