Walking on pathlessness...
'Walking on pathlessness, one comprehends the path of the Buddhas.' [What does this mean]?"
Answer: "Walking on pathlessness is to reject neither names nor characteristics. For the one who has comprehended, names are nameless and characteristics are characteristicless. It also says: 'One who walks on pathlessness rejects neither covetousness nor craving.' For the one who has comprehended, covetousness is covetousless and craving is cravingless. When walking on pathlessness, suffering is sufferingless and pleasure is pleasureless, and this is called comprehension. When walking on pathlessness, birth is birthless, and yet one does not seize birthlessness. Ego is egoless, and yet one does not seize egolessness. This is called comprehending the path of the Buddhas. If you can attain to the realization that negation is negationless, and yet not seize negationlessness, then it is called comprehending the path of the Buddhas. In summary, mind is no-mind, and this is called comprehending the mind path. "
-Bodhidharma
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