Neither by trying to meditate on Buddha, nor by trying to grab hold of the mind, nor by seeing the mind, nor by analyzing the mind, nor by reflection, nor by discernment, nor by dispersing confusion, but through identification with the natural rhythms of things.

Don’t force anything to go. Don’t force anything to stay. Finally abiding in the one sole purity, the mind spontaneously becomes lucid and pure.

Daoxin (580-651), Dàoxìn, was the fourth Chán Buddhist Patriarch, following Jianzhi Sengcan 僧璨 (died 606) and preceding Hongren (601–674).