This pure mind … shines forever with the radiance of its own perfection.

But most people are not aware of it, and think that mind is just the faculty that sees, hears, feels, and knows.  Blinded by their own sight, hearing, feeling, and knowing, they don’t perceive the radiance of the source.  If they could eliminate all conceptual thinking, this source would appear, like the sun rising …

– Huang-po

Image: Dawn over Mount Maunganui, Bay of Plenty, Aotearoa New Zealand