"Do not try to search outside yourself, which [only] leads to the suffering of saṃsāra. Maintain the same state of mind in every moment of thought, in every phase of mental activity."
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Daman Hongren
Daman Hongren (c. 601–674) was the 5th Patriarch of Chan Buddhism.
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