If you use the mind to make the mind not exist, the mind exists all the more. How can you then make it not exist? The ancient sages scoffed at this as the heresy of falling into emptiness.

Dahui Zonggao (1089 CE-1163 CE), Dahui Zonggao was a 12th-century Chinese Chan (Zen) master and was the 12th generation of the Linji school of Chan Buddhism. He was the dominant figure of the Linji school during the Song dynasty.