Honglian 18.2:
Hung-lien says, “As long as you are unaware and ignorant, you wander through life after life. Thus, the three periods exist. Once you become aware of the mind of perfect truth, there is no past, present, or future.”
Honglian 21.2:
Hung-lien says, “The Buddha says they are not beings because they all possess the same true nature and have the same source as the Buddha. Thus, he says they are not beings. And he says they are not not beings because they turn their backs on the truth and chase the false and forsake their own spirit.”
Honglian 24:
Hung-lien says, “The nature of enlightenment is all-inclusive. You don’t cut off what is created to realize what is uncreated or eliminate delusion to find what is real. When you reach the ultimate truth, in the space of a single thought you gain uncreated merit. Uncreated merit is like space. It is inconceivable.”
Honglian 7:
Hung-lien says, “Who has not yet understood that the individual is empty and that dharmas are empty is said to be attached. Who understands these two truths understands the uncreated. Bodhisattvas realize the emptiness of both, while shravakas understand that the individual is empty but do not understand that dharmas are empty.”
Honglian 8:
Hung-lien says, “Everyone possesses this sutra. It is complete in everyone. From the buddhas above to the ants below, they all possess this sutra, which is the wondrous and perfectly enlightened mind, to which nothing can compare.”
Honglian 8.2:
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Manjushri says, “It’s like seeing without seeing or hearing without hearing. Both the mind and the world are utterly empty and perfectly pure. Thus, buddha dharmas are not buddha dharmas. Once someone realizes the Way, they realize that all forms are empty and only use the knowledge they obtain as medicine to cure the mind’s illnesses of delusion and attachment.” (quoted by Hung-lien)
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