If there is only one Dharma, it is erroneous to seek the Dharma outside or within yourself. That would create a duality. Some people imagine that getting enlightened is seeing a Buddha nature within themselves. I tell you that there is nothing to see. Whatever you see is an illusion. Buddha nature is empty nature. If you seek something, how can you get to emptiness? The Diamond Sutra says there is no Dharma form and also there is nothing that is not the form of the Dharma. Thus we should not become attached to either existence or emptiness.
---Master Sheng Yen---
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