Silent Illumination Quotes

“Thoughts and passing emotions liberate themselves, moment after moment after moment. We don’t have to do anything to make them disappear. They liberate themselves if we let go of what we’re grasping.”
― Guo Gu, Silent Illumination: A Chan Buddhist Path to Natural Awakening

“Bodhi means “awakening.” Bodhi-mind means the mind that aspires for awakening, not only for ourselves but for everyone. That is, in order to be awakened, you must help others.”
― Guo Gu, Silent Illumination: A Chan Buddhist Path to Natural Awakening

“To be in accordance with it is to enter the world to roam and play in samadhi, where everything manifests as it is.”
― Guo Gu, Silent Illumination: A Chan Buddhist Path to Natural Awakening