Dazhu Huihai came to see Master Mazu.
Mazu. asked him, "What do you come here for?"
Dazhu replied, "I am coming, because I am striving for enlightenment."
The master said, "Why do you leave your home and wander around despising your own precious treasure? There is nothing I could give you. Why do you come looking for enlightenment with me?"
Dazhu asked, "But what is my own treasure?"
The master replied, "It is just the one who is asking this question right now. He encompasses everything and he lacks nothing. Thus it is not necessary to look outside of yourself."
---The Jingde Chuandenglu---
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