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Hsin Hsin Ming: On Trust in the Heart (Seng-ts 7an)

 

If you want the truth to stand clear before you, never be for or against.
The struggle between "for" and "against" is the mind's worst disease.
-- Attributed to Seng-ts'an, The third Patriarch of the Dhyana Sect. Hsin Hsin Ming: On Trust in the Heart. Translated by Arthur Waley, Takakusu XLVIII, 376. Source: Buddhist Texts Through the Ages, Edward Conze (ed.). New York: Philosophical Library (1954) pp. 296-298. https://terebess.hu/english/hsin.html
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