When people of the world hear it said that the Buddhas transmit the Doctrine of the Mind, they suppose that there is something to be attained or realized apart from Mind, and thereupon they use Mind to seek the Dharma, not knowing that Mind and the object of their search are one.

Huang Po (?-850), Huángbò Xīyùn was an influential Chinese master of Zen Buddhism during the Tang Dynasty.