Wonhyo Quotes on Truth
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 truth, 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:
“Doctrines fight only when their followers do not yet understand.”
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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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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:
“Quarrels among the schools of Buddhism arise from the limits of language, not from the truth itself.”