So long as your mind is fixed solely on void,
there is nothing to which you can attach yourself.
If you want to understand the non-dwelling mind very clearly,
while you are actually sitting in meditation,
you must be cognizant only of the mind and not permit yourself
to make judgements-that is, you must avoid evaluations in
terms of good, evil or anything else.
Whatever is past is past, so do not sit in judgement upon it;
for, when minding about the past ceases of itself,
it can be said that there is no longer any past.
Whatever is in the future is not here yet,
so do not direct your hopes and longings towards it;
for, when minding about the future ceases of itself,
it can be said that there is no future.
Whatever is present is now at hand;
just be conscious of your non-attachment to everything-
non-attachment in the sense of not allowing any
love or aversion for anything to enter your mind;
for, when minding the present ceases of itself,
we may say that there is no present.
When there is no clinging to any of those three periods,
they may be said not to exist.

Should your mind wander away, do not follow it,
whereupon your wandering mind will
stop wandering of its own accord.
Should your mind desire to linger somewhere,
do not follow it and do not dwell there,
whereupon you mind's questing for a dwelling-place
will cease of it's own accord.
Thereby, you will come to possess a non-dwelling mind-
a mind which remains in the state of non-dwelling.
If you are fully aware in yourself of a non-dwelling mind,
you will discover that there is just the fact of dwelling,
with nothing to dwell upon or not dwell upon.
This full awareness in yourself of a mind dwelling upon
nothing is known as having a clear perception
of your own nature.
A mind which dwells upon nothing is the Unborn-Mind,
the mind of one already delivered, Bodhi-Mind,
Uncreate Mind; it is also called realization that
the nature of all appearances is unreal.
It is this which the sutras call 'patient realisation of the Uncreate'.
If you have not realized it yet, you must strive and strive,
you must increase your exertions.
Then, when your efforts are crowned with success,
you will have attained to understanding from
within yourself-an understanding stemming from a mind
that abides nowhere, by which we mean a mind free
from delusion and reality alike. A mind disturbed by love
and aversion is deluded; a mind free from both of them
is real; and a mind thus free reaches the state in which
opposites are seen as void, whereby freedom and
deliverance are obtained.

Zen Master Hui Hai

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