Chan Magazine, Summer, 2007, p. 15, IX: (Hongzhi Zhengjue, 1091 - 1156): "The field of illumination in silence is likend to the clear autumn sky, where illumination is without effort and where duality of light and shadow are severed - - this is the time when the whole truth is transcended."
"The source is pure, the essence is potent. When the pivotal axis is open, its mobility is lifely. Clear and brilliant, it is intrinsically radiant. When this center is discovered, one will be able to bring its potency forth and utilize it in manifold situations with full appropriateness. This is like the meeting of sky and earth, where the ten thousand appearances harmonize. Contented and composed, one is selfpossessed and can roam about without any opposition." "Responding to celestial beings in a heavenly appearance, delivering human beings in a human form, whatever the situation calls for one manifest the ppropriate body and appearance to expound the Dharma. If you can effectively experience thus, you will be vast and open and defeat all obstacles".
