MQ : What is the Dharma of causes and conditions?

A : The Dharma spoken by causes and conditions, I say is just emptiness, which i s also called false by name, as well the meaning of the Middle Way.

Q : Is there one absolute truth, or is there none? A : Everything is relative; there are no absolutes. There is one thing that is t he absolute truth: that even this absolute doesn t exist. Even the one is gone. Once you understand the one absolute, you cannot become attached to this absolute. A ttachment to the absolute, the truth, is still a form of attachment; consequentl y, that absolute truth will be of no use to you. You must let go of that absolut e too. As it is said, The myriad Dharmas return to one, and to where does that on e return? To where should one go back? There s not even that one . If there s not a thing what might that be? That s zero. Zero creates the heavens, earth, and myriad things ; it creates immortals, Buddhas, and sages. They are all born from this zero. Th at zero is limitless and boundless. Think about this number. If you put a 0 next t o a 1 , you ve got 10 , add another circle, it s a hundred. Draw another circle and it s o e thousand. Draw yet another zero, and you have ten thousand, then thousands upo n thousands, and tens of thousands upon tens of thousands. There s no end to the n umber of zeros that you could draw. Even the computer can t compute that figure. Y ou say, That s a number. You have to let go of that a then. What is there if there is nothing? A zero is not a number; being zero, it is nothing. So this one , this abso lute of yours basically doesn t exist Q : What exactly is the Wordless Sutra ? A : It is not giving rise to a single thought. If you do not give rise to a single thought, everything naturally returns to still emptiness. That s all that the Bud dhadharma is about; there s nothing else. Q : Typically, our first thought at the sight of good food is to eat it and our first thought at the sight of pretty things is to own them. Is that the Primary Truth? A : No, don t get confused. The so-called first thought is the revelation of your tr ue mind, or your original face. It is view and knowledge at its most fundamental . Thoughts of greed for food, for nice things belong to the false mind, the mind of greed, and not the true mind. Do human beings have souls? A : Of course. Buddhists believe in souls. If you don t believe in souls, you don t understand Buddhism. Q : What are false thoughts? A : This question on what are false thoughts is a false thought.

Q : What is true emptiness? A : Zero. Q : What is the first thought ? A : It s that very first thought of understanding before you consciously deliberat e. Whenever you think, you are using your human brain and not your enlightened m ind. Q : Is the Middle Way the state of neither existence nor non-existence? A : The Middle Way is not neither existence nor non-existence. It embodies existen ce and emptiness; and yet it does not fall for existence or emptiness. To fall f or existence means that one leans too heavily toward existence; to fall for empt iness means that one leans too heavily toward emptiness. The Middle Way is about being unattached to existence and emptiness. Of course, if you are searching fo r the Middle Way, you are attached to the Middle Way, which would not be the Mid dle Way.