Stillness and Wisdom Are Not Two
Stillness is the body of wisdom; wisdom is the working of stillness. In the very moment of stillness, wisdom is already within it.
Am I splitting stillness and wisdom into two separate disciplines, making it harder than it is?
📝Reflection
We often split it in two: first calm the mind, then exercise wisdom. Huineng breaks that sequence. Like a lamp and its light, stillness and wisdom are one. Where there is a lamp, light is already there — not lit separately. Look closely and it holds: the moment the mind truly stills, the answer surfaces without straining for it, as muddy water left alone settles and the bottom shows. Wisdom is not newly manufactured; it is what was always there, revealed when the mind grows calm.
🌱Apply It Today
If a problem won't resolve today, before cranking your mind harder, close your eyes for one minute and let it settle. On a calmed surface, the answer finds room to rise.
This verse is read as universal humanistic wisdom, not religion — no faith is promoted, and the reflection is 100% original ONGO content.
