Suchness Neither Belongs to Knowledge nor to Non-Knowledge

Chan Master Huangbo said: "The Dharma is originally non-existent; do not hold the view of nothingness. The Dharma is originally not non-existent; do not hold the view of existence. Views of existence and non-existence are entirely deluded views."

Within the mind of Emptiness, there is not a single dharma, yet one must not consider It non-existent. The True Suchness Mind is not non-existent; It truly exists, hence It is called the True Reality Mind. However, one must not consider It to possess any characteristics or any dharmas. Whether we regard True Suchness as existent or non-existent, or regard all dharmas as real or false, these perceptions are merely the views of our conscious mind. The conscious mind is the deluded mind; all such views are deluded views, not the view of True Suchness. True Suchness has no view; True Suchness has no knowledge, yet there is not a single dharma It does not know, nor is there a single dharma that can exist apart from It. Therefore, knowing is illusory perception, and not knowing is indifference. True Suchness belongs neither to knowing nor to not knowing.