“Even after immeasurably long practice and passing through all the stages, in the moment of awakening you realize only the Buddha you originally are. Nothing is added.”
Huangbo
To the card
精進修行 expressly denotes intensive practice. The sentence denies that anything is added to original Buddhahood. The number 8 is Blofeld’s editorial section numbering.
Source
Huangbo · 黃檗山斷際禪師傳心法要 (Chuanxin fayao), compiled by Pei Xiu · Chunzhou records, section 8 in Blofeld’s numbering, paragraph from 本佛上實無一物; CBETA PDF printed p. 4.
https://zh.wikisource.org/wiki/黃檗山斷際禪師傳心法要
Rights
Original text in the public domain; English version: own rendering.
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