The mind of attachment arises from the
stopping mind. So does the cycle of transmigration. This stopping becomes
the bonds of life and death. Stopping means the mind is being detained by
some matter, which may be any matter at all. If there is some thought within
the mind, though you listen to the words spoken by another, you will not
really be able to hear. This is because your mind has stopped with your own
thoughts. When facing a single tree, if you look at a single one of its red
leaves, you will not see all the others. When the eye is not set on any one
leaf, and you face the tree with nothing at all in mind, any number of
leaves are visible to the eye without limit.
- Takuan
修身: 是故君子力事日彊，願欲日逾，設壯日盛。君子之道也，貧則見廉，富則見義，生則見愛，死則見哀。四行者不可虛假，反之身者也。藏於心者，無以竭愛。動於心者，無以竭恭。出於口者，無以竭馴。暢之四支，接之肌膚，華髮隳顛1，而猶弗舍者，其唯聖人乎！
Self-cultivation: The way of the superior man makes
the individual incorruptible in poverty and righteous when wealthy; it makes
him love the living and mourn the dead. These four qualities of conduct
cannot be hypocritically embodied in one's personality. There is nothing in
his mind that goes beyond love; there is nothing in his behaviour that goes
beyond respectfulness, and there is nothing from his mouth that goes beyond
gentility. When one pursues such a way until it pervades his four limbs and
permeates his flesh and skin, and until he becomes white-haired and
bald-headed without ceasing, one is truly a sage.
Remember go all the way to the bottom of the page as there are two texts to meditate if you wish.