For the unified mind in accord with the Way all self-centered striving ceases. Doubts and irresolutions vanish and life in true faith is possible. With a single stroke we are freed from bondage; nothing clings to us and we hold nothing. All is empty, clear, self-illuminating, with no exertion of the mind's power. Sengcan
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The quote above is describing the state of enlightenment or nirvana, though some might consider it to be an oversimplification. A unified mind is the result of true faith. This faith may be in a supreme being, like Buddha, or it might be in something else altogether. What matters is that the mind is unified and focused on what it needs to correct or change. Depending on what you hold close to you, your mind will automatically direct its energy toward the one thing it wants to change.

Source: Hsin Hsin Ming

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