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Jianzhi Sengcan (Chinese: 鑑智僧璨; Hànyǔ Pīnyīn: Jiànzhì Sēngcàn; Wade–Giles: Chien-chih Seng-ts'an; Japanese: Kanchi Sōsan, died 606) is known as the Third Chinese Patriarch of Chán after Bodhidharma and thirtieth Patriarch after Siddhārtha Gautama Buddha.

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The struggle of what one likes and what one dislikes is the disease of the mind.

Disease, Dislikes, Likes, Mind, Struggle

Pursue not the outer entanglements; Dwell not in the inner void; Be serene in the oneness of things; And dualism vanishes by itself.

Entanglement, Oneness, Serene, Things, Void

If you want the truth to stand clear before you, never be for or against.

Against, Clear, Ifs, Truth, Want

Be at peace in the oneness of things, and all errors will disappear by themselves.

Disappear, Errors, Oneness, Peace, Things

Stop talking, stop thinking, and there is nothing you will not understand. Return to the root and you will find Meaning.

Meaning, Roots, Talking, Thinking, Understand

There is no need to seek truth, only stop having views.

Having, Needs, Stop, Truth, Views

The ultimate Path is without difficulty. Just avoid picking and choosing.

Avoid, Choosing, Difficulty, Path, Picking And Choosing, Ultimate

In the World of Reality there is no self, There is no other-than-self.

Reality, Self, World

Step aside from all thinking, and there is nowhere you can't go.

Aside, Nowhere, Step, Steps, Thinking

The one is none other than the All, the All none other than the One.

Do not try to drive pain away by pretending it is not real. If you seek serenity in oneness, pain will vanish of its own accord.

Away, Oneness, Pain, Real

The Perfect Way is only difficult for those who pick and choose; do not like, do not dislike: All will then be clear.

Clear, Dislike, Peace, Perfect, Pick, Way

In the "Not Two" are no separate things, yet all things are included.

All Things, Included, Separate, Things, Two

The perfect way is without difficulty, for it avoids picking and choosing. Only when you stop liking and disliking will all be clearly understood. Be not concerned with right or wrong, for the conflict between right and wrong is the sickness of the mind.

Clearly, Conflict, Mind, Perfect, Way

The struggle between "for" & "against" is the mind's worst disease.

Acceptance, Against, Disease, Mind, Struggle, Worst

The great way is not difficult if you don't cling to good or bad. Just let go of your preferences; and everything will become perfectly clear.

Everything, Let, Letting Go, Perfectly, Preference, Way

When you try to stop activity to achieve passivity your very effort fills you with activity.

Achieve, Effort, Fills, Passivity, Trying

When no discriminating thoughts arise, the old mind ceases to exist.

Arise, Cease, Discriminating, Exist, Mind, Thoughts

Return to the root and you will find the meaning.

Meaning, Return, Root, Roots, Understanding

The mind, the Buddha, living creatures - these are not three different things.

Buddha, Different, Living, Mind, Three

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