Oftentimes, you’re so busy during the day that things got mishandled, or you’re unable to make certain decisions. Then in the wee hours, you get up to do sitting meditation, and suddenly you realize what decision you should make, or what you have done wrong during the day. Therefore, we can imagine the reason that we are not yet enlightened is because our inherent nature stays covered and obscured by all the busyness.
The ancients said, “Thusness is seen in quietude.” They also said, “When the mind is calm and clear, the nature of mind manifests itself.” How true it is!
by Grand Master Lian Chi (蓮池大師), the Eighth Patriarch of Pure Land Buddhism
靜之益 (一) – 錄自明末蓮池大師《竹窗隨筆》(初筆)
日間有事，或處分不定，睡去四五更起坐，是非可否忽自了然，日間錯處於此悉現。乃知爾來不得明心見性，皆由忙亂覆卻本體耳。古人云:「靜見真如性。」又云:「性水澄清，心珠自現。」豈虛語哉?
Buddha Mind 