The aim of Chan training, like any form of Buddhism, is to investigate and transform the very ground of one's being. Since this entails the reversal of some of our most deep-seated assumptions about existence, to begin by trying to mold Chan to old habits of egoistic thinking is like "heading south when you want to go north." In order to underscore the incompatibility of this discriminating mind with the no-mind of Chan practice, Chan masters down through the ages have made a tradition of "not depending on words and letters" and refusing to speak too openly about enlightenment.
---Master Sheng Yen---
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