There Is Only One Mind

📝Reflection

Huangbo compresses elaborate doctrine into one phrase: there is only one mind. Though countless teachings and countless methods seem to exist, what they all point to is one thing — the mind. This is not oversimplification but focus on the essence. We always seek the answer outside: a better method, a finer book, a greater teacher. So we wander a thousand scattered paths until exhausted. Huangbo gathers all those paths into one: in the end, the only thing to govern, the only thing to examine, is the single mind. Peace sought outside the mind is a mirage. To see clearly the nearest thing — your own one mind — is where everything begins and ends.