Won Hyo Quotes
Won Hyo was a Korean Buddhist philosopher and monk and the most influential figure in the early development of Korean Buddhist thought. According to tradition, he abandoned a journey to China to study Buddhism after a midnight realization that the water he had drunk in the dark from a skull-cup tasted no different from any other water, that the difference lay in the mind alone. The quotes below are attributed to Won Hyo, organized by topic.
Won Hyo on Mind
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Attributed to Won Hyo:
“When mind arises, all things arise; when mind ceases, all things cease.”
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Attributed to Won Hyo:
“All things flow from the One Mind.”
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“Skull water taught me that all is mind.”
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“There is no path apart from mind; mind itself is the path.”
Won Hyo on Truth
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Attributed to Won Hyo:
“Quarrels among the schools of Buddhism arise from the limits of language, not from the truth itself.”