Huineng (638–713) is a seminal figure in Buddhism, the Sixth Patriarch of Chan (Seon, Zen) Buddhism. He is credited with transforming Seon (Zen) into a major force in East Asian Buddhism by shifting focus from intellectual study and meditation techniques to the
direct, intuitive insight of one’s own "Buddha nature".
Korean Seon (선), Jogye Sect (조계종), is known to have directly come from and followed his teaching.
The following passage from the Diamond Sutra is said to have helped Huineng achieve enlightenment.
不應住色生心 不應住聲香味觸法生心 應無所住 而生其心
(불응주색생심 불응주성향미촉법생심 응무소주 이생기심)
응당 형색에 머물지 않고 마음을 내어야한다. 소리, 냄새, 맛, 느낌, 생각에 머물지 아니하고 마음을 내어야 한다.모름지기 집착함이 없이 마음을 내어야 한다.
One must naturally generate a mind without dwelling on form. One must generate a mind without dwelling on sound, smell, taste, feeling, or thought. One must, above all, generate a mind without attachment.
Non-thought (무념,無念), non-attribute (無想,무상), and non-abiding (無住,무주 )
