‘When all confused people have realized their own essential nature, for the first time they will know Buddha does not entertain a self-image, and possesses no knowledge of his own – when did he ever liberate beings?
It is just because ordinary people do not see their own original mind that they do not know what the Buddha meant – they cling obsessively to the external appearances of things and do not arrive at the uncreated inner truth.
Those who are not free of egotistic personality are called “beings.” If you detach from this illness, in reality there are no “beings” to attain liberation through extinction. Therefore it is said, “When there is no errant mind, you manifest enlightenment; samsara and nirvana are originally equal.” What liberation through extinction is there?’ (The Platform Sutra)
Shundo David Haye - Zen Priest 
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