Wonhyo Quotes on Mind
Wonhyo was a Korean Buddhist philosopher, monk, and one of the most important figures in the history of East Asian Buddhism. This page collects quotes attributed to Wonhyo on the topic of mind, drawn from across the philosopher's works.
Quotes
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Attributed to Wonhyo:
“All things are made by the mind alone; outside the mind there is nothing to be sought.”
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Attributed to Wonhyo:
“The Buddha and the ordinary mind are not two; only the recognition of this is two.”
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Attributed to Wonhyo:
“What you take for a pure spring in the dark may be a skull in the morning; the spring is in your mind.”
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“The mind of sentient beings as it is in itself has neither marks nor nature. It is like the ocean, like space. Since it is like space, there are no marks that are not subsumed within it. How could it contain a direction such as east or west? Since it is like the ocean, there is no nature that is preserved.”
佛說阿彌陀經疏 Bulseol Amitagyeong so (prolegomenon to the Commentary on the Amitabha Sutra Spoken by the Buddha ) | Translated by A. Charles Muller -
Attributed to Wonhyo:
“When mind arises, all things arise; when mind ceases, all things cease.”
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Attributed to Wonhyo:
“All things flow from the One Mind.”
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Attributed to Wonhyo:
“Skull water taught me that all is mind.”
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Attributed to Wonhyo:
“There is no path apart from mind; mind itself is the path.”
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“The mind of sentient beings as it is in itself has neither marks nor nature. It is like the ocean, like space. Since it is like space, there are no marks that are not subsumed within it. How could it contain a direction such as east or west? Since it is like the ocean, there is no nature that is preserved.”
佛說阿彌陀經疏 Bulseol Amitagyeong so (prolegomenon to the Commentary on the Amitabha Sutra Spoken by the Buddha ) | Translated by A. Charles Muller