771-854, Chinese Chan Master, Guiyang School Founder
Being / Essence / Soul
Let each and every one of you turn the light inwards and not try to memorize my words … The one thing essential now is to recollect your mind to attain the fundamental, the very root of your being. Having arrived at the root, you need have no worry about the accidentals.
in The Golden Age of Zen , John Chwan-Hwa Wu, ed.
Wisdom for The Soul: Five Millennia of Prescriptions for Spiritual Healing , © 2004