“Utterly empty, without image or form. Upright on its own, leaning on nothing.”
Hongzhi
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Both Hongzhi cards come from the first paragraph of the Guanglu, volume 6. Before it, Hongzhi calls for purifying deceptive habits; after it, for contemplative penetration. The excerpt does not present the whole text as being without practice.
Source
Hongzhi · 宏智禪師廣錄 (Hongzhi chanshi guanglu), 卷6, 明州天童覺和尚法語 · volume 6, 明州天童覺和尚法語, first instruction paragraph after the preface.
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Rights
Original text in the public domain; English version: own rendering.
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