Only when the mind is free from the mundane and detached from marks can one attain liberation

In learning Buddhism and cultivating practice, we learn the dharma of signlessness; the mind must gradually detach from the worldly. Only when the mind departs from the worldly and from signs can it gradually attain purity and non-action, resonating with the unconditioned dharmas that transcend the world. If even the most insignificant festival in the secular world draws our attention and makes us follow the crowd, with the mind bound tightly to worldly affairs, how can we attain liberation without taking things more lightly? Worldly people are utterly vulgar, while practitioners must ultimately transcend the ordinary and rise above the mundane. Therefore, we must not cling too tightly to worldly dharmas, sinking deep into the secular world unable to extricate ourselves, running contrary to the Path—when would we ever be able to walk the great road of liberation?