The student of the Tao
must be able to first penetrate
the real nature of all phenomenal realms
so that s/he will not be pushed around
at will by illusory causal conditions.

Hānshān Déqīng (1546 CE-1623 CE), Hānshān Déqīng was a leading Buddhist monk and poet of Ming Dynasty China who widely propagated the teachings of Chán and Pure Land Buddhism.